No space? No problem! Like most people, Mark Ridsdill Smith has a small front yard. Unlike most people, he has made it his mission to educate the world about how it is possible to maximize the yields from his limited space with his project Vertical Veg.
Using containers to take advantage of the vertical space available, Mark grows an estimated $1,000 worth of food in his garden. In this week’s episode, Ben goes to see for himself just what can be done with a space this small. So fret not! Grow vertical veg!
For more on Mark and Vertical Veg, check out his site here: https://www.verticalveg.org.uk
And for even more small space inspiration and for how to get started on your own container food garden, watch this next:
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Thanks to your videos Ben, I recently started a compost bin. It started getting smelly recently and I was wondering if it was the lemons I’d put in, and now thanks to your guest’s (Mark’s) one little comment, I’ve learnt to limit their inclusion… think I’ll leave them out all together! Thanks Mark, and thanks Ben 😁
It true that food has become so expensive even apples some years back when they are abundance becomes cheap in autumn and winter not anymore same price through out the year now,6 apples for £2 even more.
I was ready to give up on potting on the patio but Mark is inspiring. I bought a Northern Spry Tree and resold it this summer because I felt I bought in haste and my yard was too small so I resold it: Mark's video makes me wish I had planted it. Ben, thank you for sharing.
I do plenty of container vegetables.
My two favourite You Tube Gardeners in one video. What’s not to like! Thank you both
Great use of space, I'm going to use an old water heater for raised bed garden next spring.
I've wondered about fruit trees in large containers and I'm getting some now.
Dollars?
I have a tiny house with only a front garden, which is quite large. So far I've had raspberries, strawberries, blackcurrants, rhubarb, cabbages, onions, garlic and lettuce. The idea of having raised pots would give much more space. Great advice!
Excuse me sir, we use sterling pound and have front gardens (said in posh British accent)
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Loved this video , Thankyou. I am about to start a tiny front vege garden & this was so good for me to see 😊
I got some salad greens for the first time since Spring, £16 a kilo. It's not long adding up.
ARGH. This is the second pea variety I've seen on your program that is not sold in the States!!! Major bummer. Good on the container dude though. My neighborhood is full of people with huge yards and no veggie gardens. I guess they like spending money at the grocery store. I have beds and containers all over the place, even though there are few flat areas around here. Mountainous high desert (clay and decomposed granite, ugh), but I manage.
I just don't get some people. I save seeds, and I can't even give them away. I try to give away growable food (sunchokes, etc), and no takers. I guess most people hereabouts are like my friend's wife and daughter, who won't eat anything out of his garden. The food must come from a grocery store, or they won't eat it. Mental.
Why Dollars ?? just asking xx
Why do you talk in dollars and use American terms like yard? We are all in England aren’t we?
A great inspiration to grow more in containers in my small garden. Lots of good ideas. This year I grew early potatoes, bush tomatoes, carrots and snackbite peppers in containers. All started off in the greenhouse then moved outdoors. I've now got cabbage, kale, leeks, spinach, strawberries and garlic growing outside in containers which I will be able to harvest next year.
I have bought seeds for a bush variety of pumpkin called Amoro. The plants grow like courgettes so I'm going to try growing them in containers next year.
I have grown Hestia dwarf runner beans in containers and had a good crop off them.
Thankyou for sharing the different styles of gardening.
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Very inspiring! Thanks for the interview.
Impressive. For another take on container gardening check out Home Grown Veg https://www.youtube.com/@HomeGrownVeg
When I hear Brit, I think of gardens. Sometimes in some british show I hear " I don't have a green tumb" and have to laugh.
I love that organic
Another great video…I don’t want to wish the holidays away but your videos always make eager for spring. Cheers from Florida…Zone 9A.