Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces

[london1817]

hey thats a great garden! Hope you had a great time creating it !

[CanarsieBK]

@london1817 Most def.

[london1817]

@CanarsieBK awesome!

[TheTeeeveee]

this is AWESOME!!! Thanks for the upload!! so interesting and they look so cool!! :) More please!!!

[CanarsieBK]

@TheTeeeveee Glad you likes. There's been lots more since then...

[georgiethepuppy]

Dude. Lettuce in the plural will suffice. Please learn english before you post on a public medium

[CanarsieBK]

@georgiethepuppy Thanks for the correction. Much appreciation.

[jsixxer]

@georgiethepuppy Says the guy who can't put a period at the end of his sentence. How about don't criticize others until you are perfect in every way.

[RonPaulIsiah]

@georgiethepuppy your a ass holl! lol

[kfc903]

@georgiethepuppy self-righteous dick

[gelflingfaysuzanne]

didn't i see an article of you in Mother Earth News? How is it going by the way? Are your buckets doubled? Top with soil bottom with water or are my eyes playing tircks on me? anyway glad to see your sweet little garden! And the variety is nice to see also! This gives me renewed hope! ^_^

[CanarsieBK]

@gelflingfaysuzanne Yes I write and have been featured in Mother Earth News. Glad to connect.

[hblaise]

Thanks for sharing. You are an inspiration to city farmers everywhere! ;-) I like your soda bottle idea.

4hourbodygirl

[hblaise]

Thanks for sharing. You are an inspiration to city farmers everywhere! ;-) I like your soda bottle idea.



[CanarsieBK]

@davettalashley Water does drain out of the bottom of the hanging plants. Didn't cause any yellow.

[giovanyid]

You cant mix hot pepper with sweet pepper, they will get hot.

[CanarsieBK]

@giovanyid Thanks for the tip.

[777emiart]

Vegetables on the porch trying to make little fruit, too. Thank you for a wonderful video

[CanarsieBK]

@777emiart nice!

[yedon68]

..WOW you could double the amount of hanging plants...soda bottles ?

[CanarsieBK]

@yedon68 Absolutely.

[lecrapauddejerri9]

how did it all work out?

[CanarsieBK]

@lecrapauddejerri9 Worked out great. Grew lots in that small space.

[drychalice]

I didn't make the laws in N.Y.C.

If you are rated out, you will receive a summons, believe it.

I believe it something like $250 or $500.

If you don't believe me, ask a fireman in your city.

[CanarsieBK]

@drychalice I'm no longer in NYC. I always told people that j-walking is also illegal. It's just a matter of it's enforced or not.

[drychalice]

Its against the law to clotter anything on a fire-scape.

If someone dies in a fire, (God forbid), tripping and falling on the fire-scape.

Prepare for a law-suit or at least a very heavy fine.

[CanarsieBK]

@drychalice Then you have a problem with the entire design of the fire escape. The window to get out, barely opens. The radiator that you need to step on is shaky at best. The part alongside the building is only about 6 inches. The plants are the least of the issues.

[34mckayla]

Wait! How did you make planters from litre plastic bottles? How do you hang them? That looks really cool!

[CanarsieBK]

@34mckayla Thanks. You can see how to make them here UrbanOrganicGardener /creative-gardens-in-small-spa­ces/hanging-garden-planter/

[younitehumanity]

What is the copper pipe for?



[CanarsieBK]

@younitehumanity To water the plants. They are self-watering containers.

[younitehumanity]

@younitehumanity Copper will contaminate the plants. I once killed my neighbors tree with copper nails. You might want to try plastic pipes.

[CanarsieBK]

@younitehumanity PVC will contaminate the soil and water. I've stopped using the pipes all together now.

[supercooled]

Can you answer something for me because I completely agree about the whole self reliance and self sufficient movement but it looks like the garden you have save the herb plants is that you only get one or two uses out of them before you have to wait weeks again before they are ready for harvesting again but I know as a fellow human being you have to eat every day. Is it more about minimizing your impact on the world than creating a complete independence from the store bought variety?

Thanks

[CanarsieBK]

@supercooled On average food travels 1,500 from farm to plate, so any amount that you are not sourcing from the store is a good thing. I am by no means going to completely supply myself with this small space, but the little bit will certainly help.

[StowAlex]

Nice use of space.

A great compost for container or small space gardens is adding used coffee and tea grounds to the soil. Then add few nighcrawlers or bait worms.

Its so nice to grow and pick your own veggies.

Nice video!

[CanarsieBK]

@StowAlex Thanks. Had fun creating it.

[CanarsieBK]

@SleepIsMagic Word. Thanks for the message. Got a video on that in the archives.

[vidwarhead]

3 different varieties of plants in one box. Especially a tomato plant! Did you get a good harvest?

Also check this out, (not my vid hence can't post it as vid responz) - watch?v=88gb3QWA7i0&playnext=1­­&list=PLFF722C5B015A3F10. Farm on rooftop.

[CanarsieBK]

@vidwarhead Got a decent tomato harvest. Not so much on the lettuce.

[Momintx1]

I really enjoyed watching your videos tonight. You have such a small place and yet you use it so wisely with all that you plant. You have given me many idea's for a garden in my own back yard. Did you ever figure out what went wrong with planting the herbs in the bottles? Keep making these videos! You are an inspiration to all who watch these videos. I am very envious of you but I guess I can try to do this myself. Gotta start somewhere and it would be cheaper than buying veggies all the time.

[CanarsieBK]

@Momintx1 Thanks for the comment. The upside down ones never worked out for me. I put the caps back on them and grew out of the top. Worked much better.

[Momintx1]

I really enjoyed watching your videos tonight. You have such a small place and yet you use it so wisely with all that you plant. You have given me many idea's for a garden in my own back yard. Did you ever figure out what went wrong with planting the herbs in the bottles? Keep making these videos!

[Momintx1]

I really enjoyed watching your videos tonight. You have such a small place and yet you use it so wisely with all that you plant. You have given me many idea's for a garden in my own back yard. Did you ever figure out what went wrong with planting the herbs in the bottles?

[KucingKayap]

Great job gardening in the smallest, limited of spaces...

[CanarsieBK]

@KucingKayap Thanks.

[xxnoangelxx]

Thanks for your ideas. I hope you had a successful harvest. I like the herbs growing from soda bottles. Excellent Idea. I would try that.

[CanarsieBK]

Thanks for the comment. Get it started!

[NightMoves00]

I grow on my balcony as well in simular containers Bro my question is the the theory behind the pipe you have in youre containers. Watering would be the reason but is this watering method better then just watering the soil?

[CanarsieBK]

The reason for watering this way is because it's more natural as the roots suck up the water as they are thirsty as they do in nature. When you water from above, the second you walk away the plant is thirsty again.

[msdwilliams57]

so proud of you I am orginally from Philly and only during my travels have I fell in love with gardening.. so keep it up... You Rock

[CanarsieBK]

Thanks. I went to school in Philly (Drexel) and lived there for a few years before heading back to NYC.

Thanks for the comment and kind words.

[CanarsieBK]

for us it's been more like a glorified spring than a summer

[steviebboy69]

goes to show you can do it even in a small space in a large city. i have lots of stuff still growing from the summer(winter here in australia now) the chili are still going. the ones in pots are even better. i can put them out of the frosts when we have them.

i will be putting up 2 greenhouses soon.

[CanarsieBK]

awesome. even though summer just started need to start thinking winter planning. what would you recommend for winter growing? you gonna post your greenhouses anywhere?

[steviebboy69]

sorry for the delay, i forgot to reply. im new to this too, but i suppose stuff like spinach and kale things like that like the cold?.

i will upload the greenhouses when i get them up still havent done that yet.

hmm winter is nearly over. it will be spring in about 3 weeks. here in aus.

[CanarsieBK]

it's been a very mild summer here in the western world and the east coast of the States. still doing my winter planning for keeping the veggies warm.

[steviebboy69]

how mild has your summer been?, winter is comming to a close here. i have been growing new chili and stuff in the heated propagator. i actually put some lettuce in a container outside. days are getting warmer.

[CanarsieBK]

it finally reached 90+ yesterday for the first time, so it's been a cooler summer. my peppers are starting to turn red, which is nice. going to but some more lettuce tomorrow to get one more round going.

what else you getting planted?

[steviebboy69]

90 for the first time. i looked on the guage here and it was 65 yesterday and its still winter. im starting to get things going. geez last summer we had 105 for 2 weeks. and a record 118f. that was the day that made the worst fires in history.