Urban Garden Explosion

by Outdoor Urbanite

My container garden is going wild with all the warm weather we have been having. The only problem is that I seem to have planted too many seeds. Here’s the situation: we bought seeds at various intervals throughout the years but never really had an opportunity to grow them so we froze them. Although they seemed alright, they’d been in the freezer for a while so I was pretty sure that not all the seeds would sprout. Boy, was I wrong.

I now have a TON of little Swiss chard, mint and dill plants, and I just noticed that I have several chili pepper plants sprouting as well. That’s in addition to more fully developed grape tomatoes, Anaheim chiles, carrots, cantaloupe, basil and mesclun lettuces. So now I am weighing the options for thinning out the sprouts.

I have sort of given up the vertical garden idea, just because I am nervous about everything falling over in an earthquake. Now I am considering some nice window box planter, since it seems like a great way to really enhance the look of our place as well. However, I am concerned that water used for the plants may somehow start to rot or warp the wooden siding, so I need to do more research into window box planters before I commit. I do love the way they look, though. Check this out: