Embrace Your Space

Description

As more of us flock to live in the cities, the trend for urban living has inspired Janet Luke to create Embrace Your Space. Janet encourages city-dwellers to create productive green growing spaces, no matter how small. It could be a windowsill box with herbs or a pallet garden lining a wall. The important thing is to enjoy the experience. If you grow your own potatoes in a pot on your balcony, the potatoes taste better!

With step-by-step instructions using recycled materials and simple tools, low-cost easy projects are shown to utilise different spaces. Many projects can be completed within hours, some over a day and a few will take a weekend.

Part one of Embrace Your Space has sections on patio, wall, rooftop, windowsill and balcony. While part two gives useful plant selections for screening, shelter and decoration, along with methods for pest and disease control. Discover the merits and disadvantages of different pots and planters, hand-make your own containers and learn from the numerous top tips a variety of things. This includes how to grow mushrooms in a dark corner of your balcony. How about turning the aquarium into a hydroponic garden?