Adventures in Fire-Escape Gardening
Because we have nothing resembling a lawn, I'm always attempting to maintain some green space in and around my Brooklyn apartment. We have plants on every windowsill year-round; we keep our Christmas tree up until Valentine's Day; and come summer, I build an elaborate garden on our fire escape. Last year I grew jalapeños, wild flowers, and tiny cucumbers that I later turned into pickles. This year I'll get a little more involved: I'm going to try growing salad greens, tomatoes, and eight different kinds of herbs. Would this cool, country-looking cedar planter not be perfect for the latter two? It will also be time and effort saving. The tomato plants hang upside down, so you don't need to painstakingly stake and tie or build a cage around them. Now all I have to worry about is a way to get rid of my enemies, the squirrels. Right now I'm thinking of buying a very serious water gun that I could shoot Uzi-style through the screen whenever the relentless urban rats attack my harvests.
Jennifer, you totally contribute to my ebay sickness, but for some reason I just keep coming back for more. Nobody else understands!