Growing food in small space is a dream of most of the people. Already many people are growing vegetables in the available small place. Terrace gardening has become trend nowadays.
Urban people are growing their vegetables in terrace and balconies of their apartments. Most of apartment association provide permission to grow vegetables on balconies. There are pros and cons in this prospect. Would like to share few of them. Sharing this, it's not mean to discourage terrace gardening but to take precautionary steps.
Advantages of Terrace gardening
* Can grow vegetables needed for kitchen.
* Pests can be handled manually.
* Less amount of water.
* Can get fresh air from planting indoor plants.
* Relaxation space.
Disadvantages of Terrace gardening
* More amount of water leads to drainage problems. Where the Mosquitos arise. So please make sure you use less water.
* Prepare a plan on how you are going to deal with rain water.
* Contamination of over riped vegetables and spoilage. Take necessary steps to control them.
* Compost - prepare a plan on how you deal with wet compost on rainy season.
