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    Urban Farming
    What it is like
    Nature & Outdoors ›

    Urban Farming

    Urban Farming

    Urban Farming

    The further from centre, the more strongly this hobby leans that way. Your quiz answers are scored against exactly these fifteen.

    • RestfulPhysical
    • IndoorsOutdoors
    • SolitarySocial
    • PracticalCreative
    • InstinctiveTechnical
    • Hands-offHands-on
    • RelaxedCompetitive
    • CautiousDaring
    • Quick winsPatient
    • PrivatePerformer
    • MinimalistCollector
    • Just do itStudious
    • Low-kitGear-heavy
    • AnalogDigital
    • ObjectsLiving things

    Growing food on balconies, roofs, windowsills or small plots, working around limited light and space.

    Nature & Outdoorsan hour at a timequietmessydone aloneon your feetoutdoorsy
    TonightTime to first win
    About an hourA session
    Mostly outdoorsWhere

    Step 1: Work out how much sun your space gets.

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    What you need

    4 things
    The honest floor, taking the cheapest option in each$73

    How we make money: if you buy through one of these we take a small cut, and the price is the same either way. The cheapest option that works is always listed first.

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    The path

    15 quests
    ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$50
    • Work out how much sun your space gets
    • Get a container, soil and a trowel
    BThen the quests
    • Get a few pots, some compost and seeds
    • Grow herbs on a windowsill
    • Grow a pot of cut-and-come-again salad
    12 more, revealed as you go
    Start Urban Farming to tick these off
    Or have someone teach youBeginner urban farming courses, if you would rather not work it out alone.Affiliate linkBrowse

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    What to buy1
    Best Grow Containers (2026): Air Pruning, Depth and How Often You WaterA plant in a plastic pot eventually runs its roots into the wall and starts going round in circles, and it keeps circling until the whole rootball is a knot that can no longer feed it. A fabric pot stops that from happening, using nothing more complicated than air.
    From the blog
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    Learn it with a course

    Udemy
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    Urban Farming Foundation

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