Home grown, in tiny spaces.

It’s easy for me to grow my own veg, salad and fruit as I have a fairly big garden. This is my veggie patch, which I’ve just turned over after harvesting my peas and lettuce. Now it’s ready to re-plant with spuds, turnips and carrots. Daughter’s friends used to think it was a double grave when they were younger! It’s surprising how much food is produced here. But not everyone has a large garden so today is more about growing your own in small spaces.

Spring onions can be grown in pots and really crammed in, and as they grow they can be picked young which then leaves more room for larger ones or more seeds to be added which will keep you going throughout late summer and autumn.

Tomatoes and strawberries grow really well amongst flowers in hanging baskets. It’s also easy to pick them as the’re off the ground…watch out for the birds though!

Try planting perennial parsley and other herbs in borders amongst the flowers. I just scatter the seed, no fuss or bother, parsley grows like weeds.

Mint is another herb that’s easy to grow amongst borders, I let it run wild around the pond. It will take over though so keep a sharp eye on it! I love mint in drinks in the summer, gorgeous fresh.

I planted this old chiminea up with strawberries, it looks really cute and produces a lot of strawberries. The sage in the pot next to it looks good as well, especially when it flowers. I love growing herbs in pots, they need hardly any attention and don’t sulk if they don’t get watered. Sage is supposed to be the wonder herb. Good for everything especially weight loss.

Behind the old shopping trolley that I’ve left to grow wild, [food for wildlife]..are two sacks where I grow potatoes. These two sacks will produce two bin bags worth of spuds, enough to last untill next spring. They do keep well.

Salad leaves grow great in pots too, and tastes so much better than supermarket salad. I love to add parsley and water cress to my salads, it’s really crunchy and tasty.

So many of my neighbours share my produce, Hubs says it’s like an Arab market around here. I provide the food and in return I get pies, soups and all sorts back. It’s a hoot, I never know what I’m going to find on my doorstep from one minute to the next….and on top of that my porch is always full of stuff people drop off for the rescue, like newspapers, blankets and items to be sold in the charity shops.

So, there you go guys….hoping to find out what you all grow…..