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Small Space Preparedness – Grow A Garden in Containers
As someone who writes several articles a week about self-sufficiency, prepping and disasters; you may think that your friendly (and dare I say witty?) admin is sitting in the ultimate prepper compound with acres of food and wild game right outside his window.
Nope…
In fact, I currently live in a very small, yet very inexpensive apartment. Many preppers might scoff at the idea of living in a 600sq ft. apartment, and truth be told, it’s definitely cramped and presents many challenges. However, living in a cheap apartment allows me to save a lot of money; money that will one day help me put down a large cash down payment on my dream homestead.
Living in an apartment as a prepper obviously has its downsides, space being the biggest one. The biggest setback I’ve found with living in an apartment is that I simply don’t have my own land. I can’t go out and relax in my backyard while the kids play; I can’t install rain catchment systems, raise any sort of livestock or do a lot of other preparedness projects that require s good amount of space. In fact for a while, I was pretty bummed thinking that I’d have to wait years before I could really start producing any of my own fruits and vegetables from a garden.
A while back I started reading more about growing a garden out of containers. It changed everything. Even living in a small apartment, I’ve found that it is very possible to produce tons of fresh, healthy foods right from my own small balcony. Today we’re going to look at container gardening in a little more detail, what plants will do the best and produce the most out of containers and how container gardening may very well be better than a conventional in-ground garden in many ways.
10 fruits and vegetables that will grow very well on your balcony
