After an unsuccessful 2011 growing season, I've spent the past month trying to hunt down an open spot in one of the community gardens in Northern Virginia. Unfortunately, there aren't many of them, and of the ones I've found so far, have multi-year waiting lists.
Given the partial sunlight issue I still seem to have (I have traded in afternoon sun for morning sun), the gardening attempts will be focused only on herbs this year. Maybe some small flowers. We'll see.
If anyone knows of an open community garden spot in NoVa, let me know!
If you want to try something that works reasonably well in partial sun (like on a covered deck), I recommend an Early Girl variety tomato plant. They seem very tolerant of moderate shade and because they're a small fruit and an early variety, they just work better. I'd start it from a plant instead of seed to save some aggravation. They usually have them at Home Depot.
ReplyDeleteMight also try one of those upside-down hanging pots.