Comments on: Small Space Gardening: Ideas and Tips to Grow Mountains of Vegetables https://gardentherapy.ca/the-5-best-small-space-vegetables-to-grow-mountains-of-food/ Better Living Through Plants Wed, 22 Mar 2023 03:37:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stephanie Rose https://gardentherapy.ca/the-5-best-small-space-vegetables-to-grow-mountains-of-food/comment-page-1/#comment-526641 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:36:00 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=28498#comment-526641 In reply to Caroline Roth.

Hi Caroline, the will do fine with indirect light. They will simply be taller and skinnier (they get “leggy” when they have to reach for the sun).

]]> By: Caroline Roth https://gardentherapy.ca/the-5-best-small-space-vegetables-to-grow-mountains-of-food/comment-page-1/#comment-526592 Sat, 09 Apr 2022 22:53:06 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=28498#comment-526592 My apartment has only west or southwest sun (I am in Dallas TX) I would like to grow baby greens all season long. If I grew them in the shade of another plant would I be able to grow them all season?

]]> By: Julie https://gardentherapy.ca/the-5-best-small-space-vegetables-to-grow-mountains-of-food/comment-page-1/#comment-525324 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:08:20 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=28498#comment-525324 We make the most of our small space by rotating crops. We have a raised trough garden where we plant peas, lettuce and spinach in the spring. By mid-May they are mature and ready to be harvested. We then plant summer crops like tomatoes, peppers and string beans in their place. The raised trough keeps the plants out of reach of rabbits and groundhogs. Unfortunately, the leaves on the trees surrounding the house block too much sun in the fall when the sun starts to drop lower in the sky, otherwise we could plant another round of lettuce in the fall. We expand on our space by planting herbs and other crops in pots, especially those that don’t like full sun so we can move them to shadier spots if they are getting burned.

]]> By: Birdie https://gardentherapy.ca/the-5-best-small-space-vegetables-to-grow-mountains-of-food/comment-page-1/#comment-524999 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:03:32 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=28498#comment-524999 In my tiny garden, I’ve made a couple keyhole raised beds, used cattle panels bent over from one raised bed to another to make tunnels (squash do very well trained to climb and the fruit in the air prevents many pests from finding them), utilize shade loving varieties of plants to use every space, best decision i ever made was to also go vertical. You can have 50 or so crops in the same square footage as 1 or 2 plants with towers, or using a sunnied wall and do a shelf type system. It’s not hard. We grow do much we can’t store or eat it all!

]]> By: Pam https://gardentherapy.ca/the-5-best-small-space-vegetables-to-grow-mountains-of-food/comment-page-1/#comment-511536 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 05:38:38 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=28498#comment-511536 I am growing capsicum directly from seeds of one I have cooked, and 1 have 4plants with 11 capsicum of a reasonable medium size in 3 pots(big rectangular ones) They grow well in the shade and only need a fertilizer 2-3 times in a month

]]> By: Laurie https://gardentherapy.ca/the-5-best-small-space-vegetables-to-grow-mountains-of-food/comment-page-1/#comment-511535 Sat, 18 Jul 2020 12:28:55 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=28498#comment-511535 In reply to Scott.

Lets hope so. I have 4 going. Lol

]]> By: Scott https://gardentherapy.ca/the-5-best-small-space-vegetables-to-grow-mountains-of-food/comment-page-1/#comment-511534 Wed, 30 May 2018 07:54:37 +0000 https://gardentherapy.ca/?p=28498#comment-511534 Great find, also try a tote bag filled with dirt and holes cut in the side. Stick a seeding potato in each slit and within a few months, you get an abundance of fresh spuds.

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