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Thanks for this thread Terry. I know that there aren't many of us who garden in rented apartments. I have a small balcony that I grow a lot of stuff on from string beans in hanging baskets, to herbs to tomatoes and cucumbers.
Actually this forum is broader than gardening (we have a forum for "container gardening" where a lot of our urban dwellers tend to hang out to discuss their patio or balcony gardens.)
This forum is here to discuss the joys and challenges of living in an apartment (everything from things to consider when choosing an apartment, to dealing with nosy or noisy neighbors, and how to personalize a space without sinking too much money into temporary changes that have to be undone when you move out.)
Oh good. I'm not alone:) So far I'm lucky and my landlord still lets me garden. The majority of the other renters have the standard evergreen shrub and pine straw in the front bed. I'm on a corner unit (townhome style) and have eased the front planting space around the corner and 1/3 of the way down the side of the building:) Back patio loaded with pots. I probably buy enough flower seed every year to start a nursery. Classic case of the eyes being bigger than by gardening space. Good to know there are others!
This could be interesting. I moved to an apartment myself a few months ago. Thank goodness my landlord is a big gardener. He let me till up a nice big spot, but not as big as I'm used to.
I have a house now, but when I lived in an apartment, I grew peppers and tomatoes in pots on my 3rd floor balcony. They did very well despite the aphid invasion. I thought being so high off the ground, they would be safe from the usual terrestrial parasites... Boy was I wrong!!! I never had such a problem in a ground based garden. The aphids were all over, leaving my plants with a shiney, sparkly gleem, and the buds were eaten as fast as they exposed themselves.
But lo, and behold, towards the end of the summer, the ladybugs came along and saved my plants.(Ladybugs love aphids) not in an affectionate way either! Thanks to the ladybugs, I had tomatoes and peppers all the way into mid November, bringing them in on frosty nights of course.
I could use some help please. I live in an apartment complex where each building has a different owner. There is no administrative office in the complex and hence one can only send messages to the managment through the landlord. My landlord is broke and the building is unkept (close to filthy). Does anyone have suggestions of a way to get the managment and the landlord to make the grounds safe and the building clean without resorting to legal action?
Thanks
N Shah
