Growing veges in an apartment

Thanks for the info Tina, its very helpful. Will checkout the direction on the bag.

 

Hi auserid8,
How are ur veggies doing? i didn't plant any , too tired to get started.
few of my friends have curry leaf plant at home, i think u can get small plants from friend's or they sell in temples. seeds didn't work out, i tried. it is better to get baby plants. but in winter u have to keep it inside the house.
Priya

 

As to flowering plants for an apt, geraniums are good if you have a really sunny spot and begonias are good if you have little sun. Both are hardy and bloom continuously.

Glad to hear you are progressing on your other plants.

We had a near freeze up here 2 nights ago and everyone was running around covering their gardens. Luckily my flowering plants made it through.

 

Last yr i had marigolds, petunias, daisies and zinnias. daisies were supposed to be perenials but haven't come out yet. i suspect the rabbits and squirrels are not letting it grow. becos the same happened with black eyed susans which i planted few yrs ago.

Good to know ur veggies are doing good.

 

Actually I am really spoiled here. My next door neighbor plants a BIG organic garden and they let me take what I want in the summer. I try not to take advantage. They also give me a little area for myself near my gate to their yard. I then can special stuff for them and give in the fall. So far so good.

The plants I have here are bleeding hearts, silver bells, kalanchoe (a super good plant for survival in NE!!), daffodils, hosta, Japanese blood grass, grape hyacinths, and a few more I have forgotten the names of.

 

Don't worry about it yet: you will see fruits in a couple months. NE harvest season is aug and sept. When you buy a plant, they will have on the sticker or plastic tab the time when it will bloom: it will be listed in weeks to harvest and so count from when you plant. Some plants are early bloomers and some are later. If you have a house garden, you plant some early and some late so you harvest as long as possible.

The cloudy weather has been hanging on this spring. Even I am sick of it and I am (theoretically) used to it.