if you’re old enough, or have seen the reruns, perhaps you remember that tv show green acres. she wanted the glamorous life in nyc, he wanted to live on the farm. can you have it both ways? oh, i think so! okay, i’m kinda gushing here. because i grew these tiny, tasty treasures on my balcony. in the middle of the city. i did. i swear. and i ate them, too. ha! but, seriously, i planted, in a pot, a perfectly nice tomato plant, fully expecting it to croak, and yet, no. it lived, and has borne fruit! i had four shiny, cherry red tomatoes on the small vine one day, and gobbled them up….and low and behold the very next day, another ‘crop’! and they were quite tasty, too.

can you call half a dozen cherry tomatoes, or a few strawberries a ‘crop’? probably not, no. but regardless, i think if you’ve got any decent outdoor space to grow fresh herbs, small vegetable plants, whatever you can then potentially eat (and, and of course even those you can’t) then you really ought to, because it feels really good. i can’t tell you what pleasure i gained from adding this tiny bounty of tomatoes to my salad. no, seriously, i did. i think whatever you might grow, no matter the size, it just tastes so much better than store bought. oh, just indulge me…grow something. check out this site, or this blog for some great tips on starting a container garden in your own tiny outdoor city space.

[ photos courtesy of sfgirlbybay. ]

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