Easy Gardening Tips in the City
Urban gardening is a trend that turns consumers into vegetable farmers. Even in the middle of New York and Shanghai, city dwellers are now growing their own fruits and vegetables.
Such a city garden is not only a nice hobby, but also sustainable: Those who grow their own food reduce pesticides, transport routes, nutrient losses and also our distanced relationship to food.
The definition and benefits of urban gardening?
These are actually obvious: Urban gardening, also called urban horticulture, refers to the (often shared) use of urban areas for horticulture. This can be a project funded by the city, an allotment garden, a plot on the outskirts of the city or your own living space. In "guerrilla gardening", areas in public spaces are planted arbitrarily, e.g. with so-called "seed bombs".
In our digitized world, especially in the city, we long for contact with nature – and hobbies that do not require a screen. We want to move in the fresh air and create something with our hands.
If you want to eat regionally, seasonally and organically, you should also deal with urban gardening: After all, you never have such a big influence on the origin of the food on your plate as if you make it yourself! Urban gardening therefore also means consumption without a guilty conscience. A good overview of the seasonal fruits and vegetables can be found in the seasonal calendar of the environmental consultancy.
In the city garden you can also meet like-minded people and exchange ideas about the plants – and much more. The advantage of urban gardening on the balcony, on the other hand, is that you do not have it far to harvest – and pests such as snails or mice rarely find their way to the 5th floor.
tips for growing your own fruit and vegetables
1. The raised bed for beginners
If you have space for a raised bed, you can grow almost anything at home: from tomatoes to zucchini to potatoes. Herbs, lettuce and radishes are particularly recommended for beginners, as they are easy to plant and care for. Even "trendy" varieties such as chard or pak choi grow and thrive without any problems.
2. Suitable varieties for the balcony
Leafy greens and cut and pick-lettuces are particularly easy to grow on the balcony or terrace, as is e.g. B. strawberries or beans. Larger plants such as tomatoes, peppers, chili peppers or cucumbers need pots that can hold at least 15 liters of soil. In Berlin-Kreuzberg they simply use old rice sacks or plastic crates!
3. Indoor urban gardening
Herb pots from the supermarket are already satisfied with a spot on the windowsill . And stylish variants such as vertical gardens, herb ladders, hanging pots or room dividers green up even the smallest room. Incidentally, so-called columnar fruit is cultivated in such a way that it remains small – e.g. B. certain apples, cherries or plums. Even berries don't take up much space!
4. Biodiversity in home cultivation
If you want to plant particularly sustainably and original, you can rely on rare varieties that you cannot get in normal shops: winter postelein, oatroot, garden orache, staghorn plantain, sorrel, chives, edible chrysanthemum or blue runner beans enrich the biodiversity in your own cultivation.
5. Plant, fertilize and harvest
correctly The best way to get the right information about location, soil, fertilization and Co. is from a specialist garden shop or from detailed guides for urban gardening, such as B. in the books Hoch das Beet , My kitchen balcony or self-catering balcony .
6. Store food properly
As soon as you have proudly harvested your first lettuce leaf, you will probably ask yourself the question: How should I properly store the home-grown food ? You can find a lot of useful information on topics such as refrigerating food sparingly. Modern refrigerators and freezers have cooling zones and functions that keep products fresh up to three times longer.
That's all the tips this time, hopefully with these tips you can garden even in the city
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