How to grow veg with no garden space?

natlie

Hi
I patio'd my garden last year but left a patch for veggies - I also use these http://www.stewartcompany.co.uk/planter-collection/91-smity-patio-tub.html in large - sell them in Wilko's too for my herbs, salads etc and I use http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https://www.plantmenow.co.uk/media/catalog/product//b/b/bba1102.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.humst.com/plant-me-now/garden-leisure/vegetable-round-planting-bags-2-bags/BBA1102.html&usg=__e875ZQOIn_CyEJXIKUbEW6ByZxU=&h=500&w=500&sz=67&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=5ofdOolbTKT_QM:&tbnh=154&tbnw=160&ei=bqW0TZP4H5Cp8APE-YmWDA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvegetable%2Bgrowing%2Bbags%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4SNCA_enGB371GB371%26biw%3D1259%26bih%3D547%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=579&page=1&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&tx=90&ty=38

for my corgettes, strawbs, cucs etc growing in tubs is easy and my kids don't tend to dig in them
HTH
Nat

TravellingAbuela

Not the most attractive patio growing bags but certainly the cheapest! These are what I use a lot of http://www.poundland.co.uk/product-range/a-z/pop-up-garden-refuse-bag/ - I currently have potatoes, strawberries, a blackcurrant bush and a gooseberry bush in them.

ceridwen

How about this idea:

http://lifeonthebalcony.com/keep-your-mind-out-of-the-gutter-but-its-ok-to-garden-in-one/

Lotus-eater

There are lots of things you can grow in pots. On the whole none of it is going to do quite as well as in the ground, but it's alot easier.
The one thing not being advised for you to grow, is the ideal one for you. Raspberries.
They take up a thin row against a fence, can stay there for over ten years and are much higher yielding than strawberries, which should also be moved every three years and really you need alot of them for alot of fruit.
Raspberries, a row 3m long will give you alot of summer fruit and another 3m length will also give you later autumn fruit.

But you need ground space really, I've seen them grown in pots, but they are poor affairs compared to mine.
I'm sure between the slides and trampolines (of which I also have my more than my fair share) you do have space if you want to find it.

Jayllie

Wow, I have only been a posting member for a few days and I am absolutely overwhelmed at the reponses and advice I am getting in my threads. Thank you all so much, I think I may try and go down the 'teach the kiddies restaint' route. It would be a great thing for them to learn and get into and would maybe get my 4 year old eating some veggies.
Thanks again xx

CandyB101_2

Do you like blackberries???
Last year we planted a 'thornless' blackberry bush which we are trailing across the fence. It's grown sooo much this year .... looks like we are in for a great bumper crop this year

aliasojo

I like the idea of using guttering as in ceridwen's link but all the guttering I can see is pvc stuff which isn't advised.

Sally_A

Jayllie - have been looking for a book that might inspire - it's RHS Simple Steps to success (Vegetables in a Small garden) I think I got it fairly cheaply from The Book People a couple of years ago.

Mind you, their idea of small is arguable, but there are some good ideas of what you can plant together in a small space, as well as vertical gardening with pots (but these will need regular watering).

Do you have a front garden you can use? Building a wigwam and sharing it between sweet peas and french beans is still very decorative, as are crops such as rainbow chard, and globe artichokes.

Get your children involved - let them look through seed catalogues (free from the main suppliers).

I recently was sent some free seeds from a link on here, that was Speedy veg from suttons.

savemoney

I seem to recall on Gardens world last year they use upvc guttering to grow crops

found a link

http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/salad-seeds-in-guttering/

http://www.gardenworldimages.com/Search.aspx?search=Plastic%20Guttering

Lotus-eater

Jayllie wrote: »

It would be a great thing for them to learn and get into and would maybe get my 4 year old eating some veggies.

Good luck on that. My DD will now only eat peas if they are fresh uncooked from the garden and questions where every bit of veg comes from. If we didn't grow it ourselves.....she doesn't like it

And she's too clever to be fooled, as she often does the evening walk with me to see how everything is getting on.