I love to garden, and until recently was trapped in a townhouse with nothing more than a patio [lanai in Hawaii] and a 10x15 patch of grass.

My adventures in patio gardening started a this spring, with Gardening for Cave Dwellers: Part 1 -- potatoes in a barrel.

At the same time I planted my potatoes, I planted organic tomato seeds. These finally grew into seedling big enough to transplant into my "upside down" system.

The "hanging" planter I am using is ready made, but there are creative ways to devise your own. Here at Seeds of Knowledge they show you how to construct a hanging planter from a plastic bucket.

1. [...]drilling a 2-3 inch hole in the bottom of the bucket.

2. thread the leaves and stems down through the hole so that it hangs out of the bottom of the bucket

I have always loved gardening ... growing things. In Oregon I had an herb garden, grew vegetables and had outstanding flowers. Here in Hawaii, we live in a townhouse and have absolutely no place to plant anything -- even if it wasn't against the rules. This leaves me with clean fingernails, but no communing with mother earth. I have been looking for ways to garden without having a plot of earth to garden in.