Starting Your Own Garden–However Big or Small

Starting Your Own Garden–However Big or Small
Whether you own your home or rent an apartment, there is a way for you to begin growing vegetables. Dreamstime/TNS
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By Kaitlyn Keegan From Hartford Courant

With prices at the grocery store still high, many people are turning to a more sustainable source of food: gardens.

Whether you own your home or rent an apartment, there is a way for you to begin growing vegetables.

Homeowners have a few options including starting a backyard garden in a plot or raised bed, creating large planters or growing indoors. If you’re in an apartment, you may grow on a balcony or start your plants inside in the best sun spots.

Here are some tips and tricks. Before you know it, you’ll have pots full of lettuce, tomatoes, zucchini and other tasty things to cook.

Inside Growing

If you need to start your garden inside, consider working with your windowsills or on furniture placed near windows. Try and find the spots with the most amount of sun. Some benefits to gardening inside include less bugs, more access to harvest, easier time watering and more. The downfall? You might need to pick and choose which plants you really want due to space restrictions. Use the vertical space in your home or apartment with things such as wall planters or hanging planters suspended from shelves or the ceiling to help add more space.