City life often leaves very little room—literally and figuratively—for gardening. Between long commutes, packed schedules, and the constant pull of screens, tending to plants...
My first spring as a balcony gardener, I was so excited that I basically threw every seed I owned into pots and waited for magic to happen. Some things...
There's a specific kind of disappointment that hits when you walk out onto your balcony in early spring and realize everything still looks exactly like it did in November....
There's a particular kind of frustration that hits when you walk out to your balcony on a July morning and find your tomato plant completely wilted — even though...
There was a point last November when I walked out onto my balcony, looked at the sad, half-dead remains of my summer garden, and thought — is this it...