Living on the 20th floor of an apartment building, with absolutely no access to anything resembling a garden, my heart burns with jealousy over all the gorgeous outdoor space that so many members of the Slashfood Flickr pool have. I regularly see fabulous grilling set-ups and verdant garden patches that never fail to send me into fits of envy (someday, I took shall have outdoor space!).
This perfect little tomato comes from Joy, who grew it in her yard. So lovely! Thanks Joy, for adding your tasty pic to the pool!
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7-30-2008 @ 9:08AM
Tracy said...
Having limited space is no excuse! I've been enjoying the same perfect, juicy, TASTY cherry tomatoes all week, from my tomato plants that are growing upside-down in 5-gallon buckets on my back deck. I also have fresh onions and cucumbers, lettuce (romaine and regular leaf lettuce), green peppers, and even potatoes (growing in an 18-gallon Rubbermaid tub).
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7-30-2008 @ 4:20PM
Rt said...
Bless you Tracy, sadly it is effort that is the largest impediment. Fear of the unknown keeps people from trying thing that seem foreign.
I would think it is too late in Philly for Marisa to plant anything now but I hopes she takes this to heart and tries it next year. A fabulously successful technique.
Imagine, a vegetable with flavor! Everyone will be jealous, and you will have many new 'friends'.
Indeed, with only one tomato bucket, one bell pepper bucket, and one vine (squash, cucumber, etc - grow two or three plants in a hanging basket with something like fishing line or a trellis to train the plants to grow on), you will have a killer combination.
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7-30-2008 @ 4:23PM
Marisa McClellan said...
Just to clarify, it's not fear of the unknown that keeps me from gardening, it's truly the fact that I have NO outdoor space. I don't have a terrace or a balcony. I'm not even allowed to hang window boxes out of my 20th floor apartment. I do have a collection of plants inside my apartment, as well as an indoor composter that I use to process all my vegetal waste. But currently, in my life, there is no place for me to grow anything more ambitious than basil. If I had any access to the outdoors, I would be growing tomatoes and zucchini in a heartbeat.
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7-30-2008 @ 4:24PM
Rt said...
Oops, that presumes Marisa has a balcony with southern exposure.
One advantage of buckets is you can start early and bring them in when there is a chance of frost.
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7-30-2008 @ 4:32PM
Rt said...
Man, that is the definition of no outdoor space.
I hope I didn't offend. I didn't mean for my comment to be personal but more the general public. You seem, from the few blogs I have read, to be more the adventurous type, at least when it comes to food.
I enjoy your articles, please my apologies for wording that poorly.
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