April Resource: Upside Down Gardening
You may have seen commercials for the topsy turvy upside down tomato planter.  I was intrigued by the concept and with a move to a new house with a very sunny balcony, we decided to try it out.  As much as I love the "as seen on TV" items, we wanted to approach this project DIY style. We looked at this website for inspiration and I got some advice from local organization, Backyard Farmer before starting our garden experiment.  I also checked out a great book from the library, You Grow Girl that began as a website.  I am new to gardening and this was a really accessible guide for beginners that live in small urban dwellings!

So far, the plants seem to enjoy hanging out.  We planted three types of tomatoes and three types of peppers and one of the pepper plants has a flower already. We are thinking of expanding even further and for what its worth, I am hoping to use Terracycle's Worm Poop to feed our little hanging garden but had yet to come across it in the hardware stores. I found out today that Target carries it.

If you want to try this out too, email sarah@richmondstuff.org with any questions! Happy Growing!