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DIY: How to Plant a Personal Garden in a Small Urban Space -- Inhabitat - Many people bemoan the fact that they can’t grow their own food (or even flowers) because they lack any kind of garden space, but guess what? You can actually grow more than you realize in really small areas as long as they get a bit of direct sun. Hell, you can even grow things indoors under a lamp, but there’s something special about plucking your own food from a stalk that’s been sitting in summer sunshine all day. In any case, whether you have a little concrete slab behind your house, a fire escape outside your window, or even a tiny balcony, your urban garden can be a veritable Eden of fresh, healthy, home-grown vegetables, and herbs. (Read more).

Tips For Starting a Balcony Garden -- About.com Container Gardening - Balconies are usually microclimates, differing significantly from the climate on the ground. There can even be different microclimates even on a tiny balcony. If an area is shaded, that can be one climate, if another area is exposed to the wind, that is a different climate. Also, the conditions on balconies can be extreme with huge temperature fluctuations. Also, surface treatments can affect how hot or cool your balcony is and if it retains heat over time. (Read more).

10 Dirt Cheap Ways To Have a Gorgeous Balcony Garden -- Life On the Balcony - Take a good hard look at your food. Did you just pick up a container of heirloom tomatoes from the Farmer’s Market? A couple of those tomatoes have enough seeds to make quite a few plants. Also, some plants can be started from leftovers. For example, a new pineapple plant can be started from the top portion you sliced off before eating it. (Read more)

Add These Flowers To Your Vegetable Garden -- Homestead Revival -  It's amazing how many of our vegetables actually require an insect to pollinate them: broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collards, cucumbers, eggplants, kale, melons, okra, onions, peas, peppers, pumpkins, radishes, squash, and tomatoes! And while all of these don't necessarily need pollinating for you to enjoy them, those that produce fruits definitely benefit from happy pollinators. (Read more).
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Should I Put Gravel In The Bottom of My Container Pots? -- About.com - According to Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, "gravitational water will not move from a finely soil texture into a coarser material until the finer soil is saturated. Since the stated goal for using coarse material in the bottoms of containers is to “keep soil from getting water logged,” it is ironic that adding this material will induce the very state it is intended to prevent. (Read more)
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Ask Mavis Your Gardening Questions - How To Grow Potatoes -- One Hundred Dollars a Month -
Having different sized eyes on different potatoes doesn’t really matter too much.  As long as they have “eyes” they are ready to plant.  If you decide to cut your larger seed potatoes into smaller bits, cut with a clean knife, making sure each bit has at least two eyes. Then, allow them to sit in a cool dark place for 24 hours so that they can callous {which helps prevent them from being susceptible to disease once you put them in the ground}.  Also, if you aren’t ready to plant quite yet, just store your seed potatoes in the fridge until you are. (Read More)
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How to Grow Seed Potatoes {Start to Finish} -- One Hundred Dollars a Month - If you’ve never grown potatoes before {or just need a little refresher course} here’s how to grow them. (Read More).

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The Planting Experiment: Organic vs. Non-Organic Soil -- eHow - Have you ever wondered if your plants would grow better in organic soil versus regular potting soil? Do you think all those manufactured fertilizers and chemicals really help plants grow bigger, better and faster, or is it just a myth? (Read More).
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Garden Like Your Life Depends On It -- Organic Prepper - Generally speaking, all [the space] that is needed is one 4x4 bed for salad greens and one 4x4 bed for vegetables for each adult. See? It requires little space for the basics. (Read More)

You don’t need to have this much space dedicated to veggies. Generally speaking, all that is needed is one 4×4 bed for salad greens and one 4×4 bed for vegetables for each adult. See? It requires little space for the basics. - See more at: http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/garden-like-your-life-depends-on-it-04042014#sthash.xeq50jrc.dpuf

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DIY - How to Make a Compost Tumbler -- One Hundred Dollars a Month - There are a million different versions of compost bins you could make, but the main ingredients to make a successful compost bin are air, the combination of ingredients, and turning your pile. (Read More)