Apartment Living: Need advice on growing FOOD without a yard!

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Author Content nilly Pittsburgh, PA (Zone 5b) September 06, 2009 02:36 PM Post #7032770 If I had plenty of spending money, I wouldn’t need to ask this question. But since I can’t go out and buy lots of equipment, I thought I’d ask. I do have a flower garden but I have everything from deer to groundhogs and I have only a 6x6 critter protected area, which is full of tomatoes. Can anyone recommend ways to get lots of bang from that small area? Or maybe you can link me to a source. And I’m in zone 5. Can anyone recommend ways to accomplish edibles in the house over the winter? Herbs count. Veggies would be a blessing! nilly Pittsburgh, PA (Zone 5b) September 19, 2009 12:53 PM Post #7081229 New questions: It's not so much about the containers (although you've given me some new scavenging ideas!) as it is about the yield. When I got my 6x6x6 critter proofing "cage", I also got some containers to fill it up. I'm just not getting enough FOOD out of the effort! Which brings me to my new questions: Square foot gardening. I've watched all 3 of Mel Bartholomew's video tapes about it, and perused some books. There's lots of time spent doing the math, and I totally get the concept. They never discuss DRAINAGE though. It looks like I can just slap together a shallow 4x4 (or 3x3 to fit better inside my cage) frame and plant it. Even when they show them on decks they are only supported by cinder blocks and things like that. So here are a coupla questions: Won't I rot my deck? How can I translate this yield process indoors? Anybody know?

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