When I think about edible balcony gardens, I think about how delicious and convenient it will be to have one. Imagine you wake up one day and need some vege for a dish but you’re too tired to run to the market. All you will have to do is go out to your balcony and you have your own free market there. 

It is a cheaper and more convenient way to live. Starting tomorrow I think everyone needs to grow themselves a little edible garden on their balcony. These veges are super easy to grow! All you need to have is patience and of course gardening essentials. 

Here are some of the easiest, low maintenance vegetables to grow on your balcony: 

1. Cabbage

You will have to have a lot of patience with cabbage because you need to wait for about 4 to 5 months before it is ready to be consumed. You should use dark and organic soil to plant the seeds and transfer it to a bigger pot as soon as you see it growing into a little seedling. 

If you want it to look like the cabbage you get from the market, then you’ll have to keep trimming the leaves.

2. Kangkung

Honestly, this is the easiest vege to grow. You want low maintenance, well kangkong is the best at that. Forgot to water it for a few days? Don’t worry it will still be fine. 

Just get some kangkung seeds from the nursery and soak the seeds for around 32 hours. Then drain them and place in a colander and place the colander on top of a pail. 

Cover and leave for a few days checking to make sure there is enough water from time to time, and once they start to sprout, give them a lot of sunlight. Now you can have your kangkong belacan withing three weeks! 

3. Tomatoes

If you have some kind of seed phobia and don’t like eating the tomato seeds, then try sowing them instead of throwing them. 

Once you have little shoots, crush up some eggshells and scatter it at the foot of the plant. Just like babies, they need calcium to boost their growth!

4. Lettuce

Even though lettuce is an ang moh vegetable, it can still be grown here. Just give it a lot of water and keep them away from direct sunlight!

You can directly plant the seeds in a big pot instead of sowing in a smaller container first. Within five months, you will be able to make yourself a nice bowl of salad that came straight from your balcony. 

5. Bok Choy/Sayur Sawi

You know how when you cook sawi you always cut the bottom part ad throw it away? Next time, place it in a shallow bowl filled with a bit of water and place the container near the window. Change the water every few days and soon enough you will see some sawi growing from the centre. 

All you have to do now is transfer it to a pot covering everything but the centre with soil. Move it to a shady place and you’ll have some delicious sawi in no time!