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i just planted chives yesterday!

i'm curious. how many city dwellers have gardens on their roof? my boyfriend and i just planted a 3x3 foot garden on ours with beets, spinach, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, and peas. i think we'll make another box this weekend.

Planning to get a windowbox, to be tucked just outside a window on the roof...

Chives will spread rather profusely if you aren't careful. I container grow my chives specifically for this reason. My parents garden has been taken over by chives and mint. Not that it's a bad thing, but it can be rather surprising!

I just found your blog and I love it! I linked it on my last post and added your blog to my blogroll.

if anybody in brooklyn near st marks and vanderbilt would like some free chives, i'm getting rid of some from my garden.

I have to second the hardiest herbs claim.

I bought a single sad looking chive plant last Spring and that plant has survived my every inadvertent attempt at killing it. From forgetting to water it for days most of the summer to accidentally leaving it in a garage for a month... It's happy and outside now in its very own planter, so I expect it to grow like mad.

I tried growing my chives in a windowbox from seed, and I have wispy little leaves that are at most 8" tall, but they seem to have stopped growing. :( Do they need to be harvested to promote growth?

when you plant the seeds, do you plant a whole bunch together in one hole, or do you scatter them?

I have some growing that I planted about a month ago and they seem very sparce. Just wondering if I should have put more seeds in the soil...

My landlord grows chives on the edge of the gardens at our apartment to keep the rabbits away from the flowers (at least that's what she says).

I LOVE IT!! I get chives for weeks and since they pretty much grow themselves I just get to reap the benefits