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Anyone have a successful deck garden?
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I'm in an apartment with a north-facing balcony - I definitely wish I could grow more, but you'd be surprised how much you can do. I've successfully done carrots and potatoes in 5-gallon buckets, as well as pots of herbs.
This time of year I get sun until mid-morning and after mid-afternoon - it might be for the best actually that I'm shaded from the noon sun.
This year I've got snap peas growing up the railings, a couple of peppers, and a few tomatoes as well as the carrots, potatoes, and miscellaneous herbs. Everything's doing great right now but when it really starts getting hot in July I'll be watering at least daily. That's the biggest challenge with containers - they need a lot more watering because you just don't have the volume of soil to keep it damp for long.
I also have a shelf of salad greens under grow lights inside. I definitely recommend that, they grow really fast and taste great!