Garden Affair : Growing vegetables in small spaces for spring

 The spurge in demand  for fresh  vegetables and groceries was skyrocketed during the covid 19  lockdown .The concept of  urban gardening came  into trend thereafter when the demand  for fresh vegetables and fruits was  unable to accomplish due to stringent covid19 regulations. 

Urban Gardening is basically growing and cultivating plants mainly vegetables, fruits in an urban environment in small spaces like balconies, small yards, rooftops.  

                                                                                     

How to utilize small space for growing vegetables successfully

Most of the urban gardening is done in small spaces like balconies, rooftops, small yards which are available in a setup of  urban home spaces. Gardening in small balconies and rooftops can be rewarding to obtain harvest if planned wisely . Small spaces  Gardening can be done usually in containers, vertical mounted container gardening set up to utilize whatsoever available space in gardening. 

                                           A glimpse of Rooftop gardening developed for growing vegetables.

    Hanging baskets is  a good option to grow vegetables having shallow roots such as leafy green vegetables, harvesting tomatoes and even for harvesting fruits like strawberries.                                                                        

Vertical Gardening is one of the feasible methods to grow veggies  in balconies especially like herbs and leafy vegetables.                                                                                                                                        

Creating a mount of pots with a DIY kit or containers available in the markets is a good away to harvest vegetables in small spaces.                                                                                                    

While above methods are more feasible for small spaces like balconies, verandahs . Creating a  rooftop Garden for those who have large spaces  on their roof  by raising beds and accumulating   containers and pots in  an asymmetrical arrangement can procure an abundance of harvest   .                                                                                                            

Best vegetables that can be easily  grown  in small spaces for spring 

                                                             

Peas, Tomatoes, leeks, onions, Carrots, radishes and cauliflower and broccoli are some of the great spring harvest options for balcony gardening if your available space receive ample sunlight throughout the day.                                                                                                                                                          

Growing herbs and leafy vegetables can be rewarding in vertical gardening as harvest from them can be obtained multiple times from the same crop. 

Small space Gardening is a successful step to obtain fresh and organic harvest from your home space. 

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Garden Affair : Small space Gardening

 It has become an increasing popular Gardening culture and convenience of growing plants in small places by applying techniques of gardening that helps in utilizing small spaces in a manner that many varieties of plants can be grown within a restricted amount of space.

Here are some of the easy ways to use spaces for Gardening 

Hanging baskets and Recyclable containers

The most popular and appealing technique of growing varieties of flowers and annual crops is planting hanging baskets and inverted bottles and pots . This is quite economical technique as anyone willing to start gardening in absence of ground can use recyclable bottles and containers and can even bring hanging baskets easily available in the market.

                                  

     These are easy to hang over the walls and  place beneath the ceiling which looks appealing to the eyes and adds aesthetics to your space.

                                                                           

   

Vertical Garden ideas                                                                                                                        

It is becoming increasing popular to grow Garden tower with respect to  taking support against wall which helps in utilizing space effectively in  a restricted area and gives satisfaction of growing plants .

                                                                          

Window sill gardening 

This is good idea for the plants that strive in less  sunlight conditions and can be grown in conditions with low light or artificial light conditions.

                                           Growing Succulents on grills of window sill

                                                                              

Container Gardening 

The most appealing and aesthetic idea of gardening in small spaces is to grow different plants in a large container .The plants are arranged in a an artistic manner in a large container so that it brings an aesthetic aura to the spectator.

Raised bed Gardening 

This is a concept of making a small patio garden in balconies and roofs mainly for the purpose of growing veggies and obtaining other harvest. A bed is structures using bricks, wood as per available and required space in a manner so that fresh veggies can be grown and obtained accordingly. 

                                                        

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