Small-Space Vegetable Gardens Growing Great Edibles in Containers, Raised Beds, and Small Plots

by Bellamy, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9781604695472
• ISBN10: 1604695471
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-12-31
• Publisher: Timber Press

Summary

“Size matters! Andrea Bellamy shares creative ways to grow a wide array of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in diminutive settings, year-round.” —Debra Prinzing, author, speaker, and podcaster

Small-Space Vegetable Gardens explains the basics of growing a bounty of edibles in a minimal amount of space. Andrea Bellamy shares all the knowledge she’s gained from years of gardening small. You’ll learn how to find and assess a space, how to plan and build a garden, and how to sow, grow, and harvest the 60 best edible plants. This hardworking and enthusiastic guide will help you take advantage of the space you have—whether it’s a balcony, a patio, a plot in a community garden, or even a small yard—to create the food garden of your dreams.
 

Author Biography

Andrea Bellamy is the creator of Heavy Petal, a blog devoted to urban organic gardening. She has a certificate in garden design from the University of British Columbia and studied permaculture methods for food production at an urban microfarm. She has been gardening since childhood and has grown food on rooftops, balconies, boulevards, and patios, and in community garden beds, window boxes, traffic circles, frontyards, and backyards. She is the Grow Food columnist for Edible Vancouver magazine, and her writing has appeared in a number of online and print publications. She lives in Vancouver, Canada, with her husband and daughter.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
 
One: Finding Space
 
Two: Assessing Your Space
 
Three: Design in a Small Area
 
Four: Planning for Planting           
 
Five: Building your Garden           
 
Six: Optimizing Your Soil                
 
Seven: Sowing and Growing         
 
Eight: Keeping Plants Healthy      
 
Nine: Making the Most of Limited Space
 
Ten: Harvesting and Preparing for Next Year
 
Edibles from A to Z