How to Grow Vegetables on a Balcony

If you are wondering how to go about becoming more self sufficient and growing your own fruits and vegetables then you may also be thinking that doing so with just a small balcony can be rather impossible. In reality, there are so many options open to you if you have a balcony or even a small window sill and there are more things that you can grow then you first may have thought.

One of the easiest things to grow on a balcony is potatoes. With a regular source of spuds that you are growing on your own balcony or garden you can make many meals such as jacket potatoes, mashed potato, chips, wedges and much more and the best news of all is that they are so simple to grow that you barely need to do anything. With the help of a potato planter that you can get from good farming shops or even online, a bag of soil that will need to be regularly topped up in the planter and an old potato that is starting to grow shoots, you can have a regular crop of spuds ready for you to do what you wish with.

As well as potatoes, you can look into the idea of growing tomatoes on the balcony and like the spuds, the opportunities to make plenty of meals is endless. You can make your own tomato based sauces for things such as Bolognese and lasagna as well as having fresh tomatoes for salads and other meals and you can also grow your own herbs on the window sill in the kitchen to go with the sauces that you are making, meaning that this home grown fruit could be the most versatile that you have. With the help of some soil, small plant pots and then bigger ones, you can have a steady supply of tomatoes to supplement any meal that you are thinking of making.

Carrots can be somewhat more difficult to grow on a balcony but it has been done by many people. A large round pot is the best option for this and you can find carrot seeds in many places for a very cheap price. There are a lot of things that you need to think about when it comes to growing carrots such as the depth of the pot that you are growing them in as well as the many diseases that these poor vegetables have a habit of getting but once you have grown one lot of them, it will become easier and easier to have a plentiful supply.

There are plenty of things that you can grow on a balcony. A grow bag will provide an abundance of peas and beans as well as being a welcome home to tomatoes if you have no space for large pots. A small window box will be great for growing herbs such as chives, parsley and mint which come in very handy for completely transforming a meal. You can also think about those grow your own gift boxes that can be bought on the internet for a complete step by step guide on growing the things that you really want!