Pictures

Here is the space I'm working with!  I had grand plans for hanging homemade wooden planters over the railings, but after checking Craigslist and the ReStore for used wood, I opted for cheep/free planters and pots instead.  Always room to build up the collection later!

This is next to the sliding glass door that leads out to the deck.  It's south facing and is a great place to put planters to catch the morning and early afternoon sun.  Here we have two snake plants that used to reside in one small pot, a future pepper plant, future garlic, and the bottom planter is onions.  No, I haven't seen that much growth yet, I got them already started.

This window is directly above the sliding glass door, and is another great place to catch the sun (and keep the planters safely out of reach of my overly-curious cat.

And here's the first proof of success!!  Ok, it may be a bit early to declare victory, but I was quite excited to see green!  This is the thyme, which only took a week to start appearing.  Since then, I've seen growth from the basil, carrots, tomatoes, the onions that I transplanted.

Hope this gives you an idea of how it's going!

The Second-Story Gardener