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Salad greens, tomatoes, herbs, citrus trees, even a passionfruit climbing a trellis - Erin O'Dwyer finds out how to create the perfect balcony garden

When Jan Robinson sold her house in suburban Hurstville last year and moved into a ground-floor unit in Bourke Street, Redfern, she did something unexpected - she started a vegetable garden.

Robinson's patio has become a mini farm - pots teem with produce fertilised by rich castings and liquid fertiliser that come from the worm farm where she recycles her kitchen scraps.

"I had a native garden in Hurstville and a lemon tree but that was about it," says the semi-retired midwife, 68. "When I retired, I suddenly had the time. And I shudder to think what's happened to my vegies when I buy them in the shop."


LEARN HOW TO CREATE THE PERFECT BALCONY GARDEN IN TODAY'S SYDNEY MORNING HERALD SPECIAL LIFT-OUT!

LEARN HOW TO CREATE THE PERFECT BALCONY GARDEN IN TODAY'S SYDNEY MORNING HERALD SPECIAL LIFT-OUT!