Patio plantation: beginnings

Getting started with a patio garden for vegetables

Don't know why Jane decided she wanted this, but one day she sent me a picture of some planters that can be used for a vegetable garden on a patio or other small apartment dweller space. I liked the idea and told her to get at these planters. One was a raised bed and the other was more like an outdoor cabinet for plants. The idea of that one was to make it safe from deer. It's not likely we're going to have any deer on ouir patio, but we might have geese, raccoons, or other varmints so I thought that getting one of each would be a good place to start.

Where to plant a patio garden

Our apartment is on ground level with a walkout patio that faces the west. That seemed like the best place to put planters as it probably gets more sunlight than our eastern exposure. We are surrounded on north and south sides by other apartments so there was no opportunity there.

What to plant in a patio garden

Our eastern face is really just a little covered walkway at the main entrance that goes (uncovered) to the street. There's not very much space there and not a lot of sunlight through the day, so it would be appropriate for a plants that don't require a lot of sunlight. The walkout patio is on the western face of our apartment and would be the best place for plants that would require significant sunlight.

                     

Our patio

                                                                                                                              

Our patio