{"id":281,"date":"2020-05-12T17:04:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/?p=281"},"modified":"2020-05-12T17:04:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:04:55","slug":"how-to-grow-vegetables-on-a-balcony-patio-or-windowsill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/2020\/05\/12\/how-to-grow-vegetables-on-a-balcony-patio-or-windowsill\/","title":{"rendered":"How to grow vegetables on a balcony, patio or windowsill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/05\/container-gardening-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/05\/container-gardening-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/05\/container-gardening-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/05\/container-gardening-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/05\/container-gardening-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/05\/container-gardening.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption>Romaine in the pot on the left of a patio tomato and spinach growing in the pot on the right are ready for a fresh winter salad. Photo: Press-Register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired millions of people to grow vegetables, but many don\u2019t have room for traditional gardening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t let lack of yard space keep you from gardening this spring and summer. Many vegetables grow well in containers on a patio, porch, balcony or windowsill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small spaces make it hard to grow some of the larger vegetables, according to Brooke Edmunds, Oregon State University Extension Service horticulturist. For instance, growing corn on a balcony may not be practical. But a wide variety of crops can be planted, including lettuce, herbs, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, carrots, beans, squash, radishes, strawberries, kale, chard and spinach.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/hg\/2020\/05\/how-to-grow-vegetables-on-a-balcony-patio-or-windowsill.html\">ARTICLE<\/a> from Kym Porkony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired millions of people to grow vegetables, but many don\u2019t have room for traditional gardening. Don\u2019t let lack of yard space keep you from gardening this spring and summer. Many vegetables grow well in containers on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/2020\/05\/12\/how-to-grow-vegetables-on-a-balcony-patio-or-windowsill\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8741,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}