Affordable Small Space Gardening

Regardless of how little space you have, you can grow some of your own food.

Reader Contribution by Mike Lieberman
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In the spring of 2009 I was living in New York City when I first started to grow my own food. All I had was a fire escape, so I didn’t have the luxury of lots of space.

So I turned that 2×3 landing area into a fire escape garden. In that garden I was able to grow cherry tomatoes, lettuces, peppers and a variety of herbs all while maintaining the integrity of the fire escape.

About a year later I moved to the left side of the country to Los Angeles. In comparison to my fire escape, I now have a farm. It’s a 13×4 balcony garden.

How can you grow your own food despite having little space?

  • Updated on Apr 27, 2022
  • Originally Published on Apr 4, 2011
Tagged with: apartment gardening, Mike Lieberman, Reader Contributions, urban gardening
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