How Do You Use Space Saving Gardening Techniques?
Don’t have a huge space for gardening? No worries, follow some of these space saving techniques to get the most of whatever space you have. Choose your vegetables wisely. You may not need 3 rows of lettuce and 20 tomato plants to feed your family. Only grow what you will actually need for your household. Several plants that are very generous in the amount of produce they give off are; tomatoes, lettuce, beans, summer squash, pumpkins, zucchini, cucumber, etc. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that these plants are also some of the most space consuming vegetables to grow. Some other space eating plants include; potatoes, sweet potatoes/yams, corn, watermelon, muskemelons, etc. Side note – if you have limited space then plant leaf lettuce not head lettuce. One small section of leaf lettuce gives off more lettuce then a full row or two of head lettuce and will continue to grow after each cutting! Use planters around your patio or deck area. Many plants are easily grown in planters. Tomatoe
