Vertical gardening is for gardeners who do not have a lot of horizontal space. It has become a niche science these days with many elaborate and quite amazing systems, often involving hydroponics and engineered structures that cover whole walls several stories high. It is well worth researching carefully what is the most useful system for …Read More about Vertical gardening gallery
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Building a new raised bed gallery
A raised bed is the most efficient use of space to create a good vegetable garden. The bed is fed with home made compost every year keeping the soil fertile and not requiring extra nutrients. Compost bins and raised beds work well together. The key point in constructing a raised bed is to ensure the …Read More about Building a new raised bed gallery
End of the summer season
The summer season is over for another year and the garden is being cleared for its winter rest. This type of gardening is a form of temporary gardening installed each spring to take advantage of the growing season then packed away each winter. This particularly suits people in rented property or with only temporary access …Read More about End of the summer season
Clearing the raised bed
A raised soil bed is without doubt the most useful form of growing area for a small city garden. There are many ways to run a raised bed, some all year round, but whichever growing plan is used it is important to think to the soil and how to keep it healthy and alive. For …Read More about Clearing the raised bed
Summer garden
This garden is very much a summer garden, designed to produce a lot of vegetables over the summer and early fall and then put to rest over the winter months. Working with the limited space it is important not to overtax the soil and allow a winter rest period for the garden (and the gardener). …Read More about Summer garden
Summer tomatoes
Summer has finally arrived and the tomatoes are changing colour. After a difficult start to the year with the extreme weather in June, it is nice to see the green tomatoes become yellow and red. Tomatoes need about 6 hours sunlight per day to ripen but can suffer from too much direct sun. In this …Read More about Summer tomatoes