Gardening Tips for Growing Vegetables in a Small Space or Town Garden

Would you just love to grow vegetables, but you don't have the space? While a big sprawling garden may be the ideal, quality vegetables can be grown even in the absence of a garden. Many people who live in flats in crowded towns and cities still manage to grow great vegetables to enjoy.

When you don't have a garden to plant in, you can turn to container gardening to grow your fresh fruit and vegetables. It's easy to find pots and other containers, both large and small that work great on small back yards, flat balconies and even inside the home. Plastic gardening containers can be purchased fairly cheaply and work well in most cases. If you are looking for something more stylish, you can buy or make wooden containers. These keep the soil temperature from fluctuating as much, but require more watering because they're very porous. Wooden containers may not be the friendliest for using inside your home being more difficult to keep clean.

If container gardening seems just a little too boring for you, there are plenty of products on the market to make gardens more catchy and cool. One example is the garden sock. This looks like a giant hosiery sock made of a polythene type material with planting holes that your can use to plants various vegetables or flowers. Hung on a sunny wall t would be worth experimenting with strawberries.

Balconies outside flats or apartments can be quite small so perhaps you may only be able to grow a couple f varieties of fruit or vegetables. Remember, although the floor space may be limited, certain fruit and vegetables can be trained skywards. Also, do not forget that you can extend your balcony space by using window boxes. When planting in such spaces just remember to be wary of the amount of weight that you are adding to the balcony. Soil based compost in a large container can weigh very heavy.

If you are totally lacking a garden or balcony, you can use more decorative pots or containers. If you place your vegetables correctly in your flat, they can act as decorative pieces as well as great food. The key for decorating with vegetables is to get creative. Wrapping a vine from a vegetable plant around a post or railing can make a nice accent. Just be sure indoor plants are getting plenty of direct sunlight.

You are probably still thinking "what kind of vegetables could I possibly grow in such a small space?" While there are certain fruits and veggies that grow in small spaces, like strawberries, the real key is picking the right variety of vegetables to grow. Many vegetables have smaller versions that don't need as much space as their full size counterparts. When picking plants to grow, look at how much room they need to have and how far apart they need to be. Seed companies are introducing new smaller varieties each year. A good example of a good cropper that you can train upwards and produces small fruits big enough for one meal is F1 hybrid Green Fingers which is described as an early cropping, high yielding baby cucumber that can be grown outdoor or inside.

No matter whether your containers are outside on a paved back yard, on your flat or apartment balcony or inside your home, they are totally reliant on you for water and food. Food will soon run out of the compost in your containers so you must feed regularly with the appropriate soluble fertilizer.

Hopefully one or more of these tips has sparked your imagination. Just remember, instead of concentrating on how your small space limits you, think of the fun and creative things you can do with vegetables in the area you do have.

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