The spirit of a gardener is not dampened by the lack of big spaces where to exercise his hobby of planting more so with the unavailability of space because the available space is concreted so that planting vegetables or herbs is next to impossible. Not anymore with potted plants, the gardener has come up with this technique of using containers to plant his pet crops including herbs which are now the favorites of most kitchens as added ingredients to most healthy foods . You can now plant on used containers big or small or you may buy the standard sizes for house plants which could be used for other planting materials like herbs and other vegetables with tall bushes like eggplants and okras.

While the open space is lacking in the ground material as it is all cemented space, the garden soil must come from outside of the area and has to be patiently put in individual containers that might count to several hundred or thousands. A compost material is a very good adds on to the garden or potting soil depending on the number of planting materials available to be filled. You must have a separate bigger container not less than a couple of feet square meters or if you can buy a seedling tray would be more preferable. Your containers or little plastic pots must be group according to sizes so that you may have a nice looking arrangement of your pots and plants according to the types or classes of vegetables and herbs you have planted.

When your seedlings are ready to be transplanted, start the day with mashing the soil if it has been for a long time in each individual containers to accommodate the newly transferred seedling to adopt or the new medium and daily you have to water it if needed until the newly transplanted seedling recovers and start a new life process on the container. A sufficient sunshine is needed for the plant to grow rapidly and a protective shed must be provided as shield from the harsh and hot weather that might stunt its growth. An organic fertilizer must be at hand coming from your own compost if you have one to supply the needed nutrients and make the plants grow faster with a robust stand that would give you satisfaction for the efforts you have put in.

The provision of organic fertilizer could come from your own making by having your own organic fertilizer processing area to assure that your gardening is free from synthetic fertilizer which is frown upon by health conscious individuals, since several studies have proven that vegetables reared on organic fertilizers are far more nutritious and safer than those grown with the use o f synthetic fertilizer.

You may start putting up your own vermiculture project so that a continuous supply of organic fertilizer is readily available to you whom are easy to propagate and maintain as this African night crawler, the type of worms use in sericulture multiply and produce organic fertilizers rapidly. It would excite you each morning when you see your plants have grown beyond your expectations.