Generally, I don't have a green thumb but I was determined to grow my own veggies on my balcony. Everything I needed to start was fairly cheap and was easily purchased at my nearest discount store: seeds, trellis, planting pots and even a mini seeder kit for $1 each. I went to my nearest hardware store for potting soil and some plant food which I ended up not using. The space I used was my apartment balcony.

I started out with Lettuce seeds because they are the easiest plants to start out with during the cold weather months (I started out in January) and planted tomato seeds and jalapeno peppers at the same time. The lettuce seeds started sprouting out within the first 2 weeks. I was careful not to over-water and drown them. The tomato seeds began sprouting 2 months later and the pepper plants about 3 months later. I was glad that I had planted them with the marigold flowers, otherwise I would have forgotten to water them. Since they did not sprout as early as the lettuce seed plants, I would have easily given up on them. On Easter Sunday, our family ate the Lettuce plants and made a salad to celebrate. By Thanksgiving, we hope to be feasting on more lettuce plants, some tomatoes and peppers from my balcony garden.