Homesteading today though you live in the city is doable and it really is a lot of fun. Remember homesteading is a state of mind…it doesn’t matter whether you live in New York City apartment or a condo in Florida… Get your mind right and you will be surprised what you can accomplish .Here are some container gardeners. If you look close you will notice that the 5 gallon buckets are one inside of the other. In a future post we will explain why this works so well
So lets look at some of the things you will need to consider. This is just an overview we will cover each of these in details in later posts.
Be resourceful and vigilant all the time. Always looking for containers. Look for old wash tubs or anything that holds a growing medium. We won’t be using dirt for several reasons. It’s way to heavy and for container gardening it doesn’t work well.
The medium I use and have had the best success is Canadian Sphagnum Moss. Use 80% mixed with Vermiculite of Prelate. I like Vermiculite the best. The sphagnum moss and vermiculite don’t have much in the way of nutrient’s. So you will need to add some type of fertilizer. I like the generic Miracle Grow at the big box store. It is much less inexpensive and readily available.
With containers the size of 5 gal pickle buckets you can grow lots of vegetables. It will be no problem to grow all the lettuce and other leafy vegetables you can eat.
So remember… always be looking for containers to grow your produce… Look for Peat Moss on sale and stock up. Look at the space you have available and start laying out what and where you will be doing your growing. Till we meet again rg