Tips for city gardeners

1. Visit nearby botanical gardens
2. Avoid fussy details
3. allot spaces and corners
4. use pots as much as possible
5. rotate the crops you grow in these pots
6. plan the basic structure of your garden.

Acquire these tools/ borrow - spade for initial use for digging up soil. watering can / hose with sprinklers, spray cans for medicinal sprays, Trowel for digging small holes, garden forks for working mould into the soil, fibre string to tie plants to stakes, sowing containers.
The soil for trays- 2 parts garden soil, 1 part sand, 1 part compost, and leaf mould.

Ideal soil for pots - 1 part soil, 1 part leaf mould. water regularly if using clay pots (evaporation of moisture) . When feeding the soil remove 2 cm of soil from the top (without disturbing the roots and replace with manure. Mulch regularly.

Spinach, tomatoes, carrots etc grow well in cement pots. (large 'uns)

For the herb garden one needs pots, trays and pans. - herbs appreciate warmth and light and make for excellent window sill gardens. Mulch, fertilize and loam for soil... give them space to grow.

There is a source for readymade compost in Karnataka that i am acquiring the address for.