If you want to be more self-sufficient but have a small space garden, these 7 tips will help maximize that space allowing you to grow more vegetables in a small space.
MENTIONED LINK
Dwarf plant guide: https://harvesttotable.com/growing_vegetables_in_containe/
MENTIONED VIDEOS
Tomato Trellis:
Grow Squash Vertically: https://youtu.be/MEOLY9D5n2k
DIGITAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:42 – What to grow in a small space garden
01:38 – Grow smaller varieties in a small space garden
02:13 – Grow vegetables in Raised Beds
03:00 – Grow vegetables in Containers
03:48 – Vertical gardening
05:06 – Espalier fruit trees
05:53 – Succession planting
06:19 – Turn your lawn into a Vegetable garden
Okay so typing this out, I realized that is 8 tips… so you get a bonus one free! LOL
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48 Comments
I am right there with you. The world has gone out of control. Thus the chicken I just got. Not trusting the government or the stores to provide quality food anymore.
Help. What do i need to do? My neighbors on both sides of my house are using poison to kill grass on fenceline. One neighbor killed my 28 year old muscadine. The spray is wind driven and blowing into my garden. I cannot talk to them anymore as they get hostile. Can i report them and to who before they make my family sick or worse. Ty
Great tips!!! ❤
Thank you for the list. God bless!
For HOA regulated properties, etc., check out "edible landscaping" information.
I planted my potatoes, and planted my first dwarf apple tree. I have all of my raised beds and containers ready . Pretty productive weekend.
Love your videos.
Great video 🏞️
Excellent advice, Thank you!
I only grow about 7 things cuz of picky eaters at our house. I also have learned to can & freeze everything to last the winter. our garden is tomatoes, potatoes, peas, sweet corn, green beans, strawberries & raspberries. I do grow myself some kohlrabi & beets too. we are on a corner lot in town & have 6 raised beds & an enclosure for the sweet corn & berries.
For meat, we have a relationship with a local locker & have gotten 1/2 cow from same farmer each year. Plus hunting. we get eggs from a friend (trade produce). only thing we don't have contact for is dairy. I also live in SD. A bit different than the coasts
Loved this one, Brian. Thank you. Loved your tips for "covert" veggies. Can't stand HOAs. My problem is gophers. I feel most of the state's population of the little varmints is under my feet. lol. Everything must be raised bed with hardware cloth or in containers. All barriers aside, with help from you and a local garden center, I'm pretty excited about this year. Even if I fail, I'm learning a lot so I can do better next year. (God willing!)
Vertical gardening is a MUST.
Besides paste tomatoes, I do NOT need more than 2 slicing tomatos 😅
I LOVE melons but for the few I get, it's not worth the space 😔
Thanks for all the inspiration!
Yep, our world is upside down. The lack of logic and non-sense is running rampant.😮
Great Ideas Brian. Thanks for another great video. I live in the New Orleans area and will be doing some of what you suggested in this video.
I'm definitely interested in trying to grow my zucchini vertically this year. Thanks Brian, your knowledge is greatly appreciated.
I grew way too many peppers last year. I grew cherry tomatoes, & I don’t like them…Ha, ha! I also have a nice stand of mature chives that I need to utilize more. I just don’t think of them, but this year, that will change.
Thirty-three years ago I was tucking veggies amongst our ornamentals on a Marine Base where we couldn't have a garden! I also composted in "flower pots" along the back of our garage.
Does anyone else pause the video to place seed orders before you forget about something Brian mentioned that inspired you? I can’t get through a single video lately ❤
Yes very small space …low income here and need to buy raised beds
I always plant too many cucumber plants and cannot possibly keep up to eating them all so end up giving so many away.
When it comes to choosing varieties to grow, we are a household of 4 adults, with different tastes, so we try to include something for everyone. Plus, we are still experimenting with varieties to see what we actually can grow here, and trying new things that may not be available in stores to see if we like them. We do have the luxury of space, but our dark grey zone soil leaches nutrients very quickly, so it needs a lot of amending.
One thing I do recommend; grow at least one thing just for fun. For me, that's mostly gourds, but even they have a potential purpose. I choose gourds that I hope to eventually use for crafting purposes. Mostly, though, it's the challenge of trying to grow them in a Zone 3a (US)/2b (Canada) climate and a 99 day growing season.
World is so crazy now. Scary. Makes me so anxious
Thank you!
Just came to say THANK YOU for being Christlike in your responses to the mean people who commented on your last video on the other channel. They usually begin by,” I don’t mean to be mean” or “ I really like you but…”. No matter what they said, you were Christlike. Reminding them it’s not the gardening channel and saying no more at all. As a sold out follower of Christ, my heart was so happy when you told about getting connected to a group of followers there, becoming part of that community. Let me just say….you’re fine. I’ll tune in pretty much no matter what you’re teaching, but I especially like the gardening info and also the landscaping ideas (although I’m in Arkansas and most of those ideas would never fly here). I had somebody comment on a video on my channel,” I don’t mean to be mean but you talk to much and your videos are to long.” It was all I could do to refrain from responding ,” TOO. IT’S TOO! And just don’t watch it if it’s too long!” 🤦🏻♀️. People wear me out.😂. Carry on Brian and Emily! You are setting a fabulous Christlike example for Noah.
Self-sufficiency, The American Way!!!!
I can't grow good carrots or radishes and the truth is we don't eat them anyway! People may want to grow nutrient rich food to maximize their efforts, because they think they SHOULD. But growing what you like to eat is the best goal. Thank you for such great insight again!
Good advice. I’m getting older and use grow bags almost exclusively. I started raised bed gardening years ago after watching Square Foot Gardening and buying the book by Mel Bartholomew. Thanks again!
Happy Sunday thank you sir watching from Jamaica
Greetings from SoCal Zone 10b small space garden: If we don't eat it, our son does!!!
Future is now! These ideas are mind-blowing. Now for implementation 🎉
Rainbow Swiss Chard …so beautiful and so prolific and no one liked it other than me.
Just not worth growing again when space is a premium….. Luckily they love spinach – never makes it into the house😂
I just don't want to starve to death when the government completely fails us and leaves us to starve while blackrock buys up literally everything. Thats why im doing it.
Great information in this video! TFS
I love growing potatoes… Especially in pots… I love growing Carrots, onions, lettuce, tomatos, zucchini, cucumbers, pumpkins, silver beet, peas and beans…all good staples.
Just picked an 8.9kilo pumpkin yesterday 😁 …yay
Plus ive been growing a lot of herbs and things to make salves … cayenne peppers, comfrey, calendula, cone flowers… And aloe vera in pots….plus for fun ive successfully got a luffa to grow vertically…thats a first for me…tried last season and failed… im just waiting patiently now for the fruit to be ready to harvest 😁 so thats exciting…
Awesome tips again Brian …
Thank you and much love from Australia 🦘💞
Thanks for the tips. I went and watched the "grow verticle" video. I am going to get some stakes and sprinkler conduit and give it a try. Lovin the Sunday video!
We are only allowed 100 sq ft of raised beds in my HOA, so I’m mixing all sorts of edibles in with ornamentals in my flower beds around my property. Ground cherries with marigolds around my peach tree, strawberry patch with flowers around my apple trees, and I’m going to try mini watermelons with zinnias on the side of the house… a raspberry spot is also in the planning stage! Trying to see how I can pull off an asparagus patch… I’m gardening defiantly dang it! 🤣
I like your little picket fence area where you planted your apple trees. The area that I live in is old, so people have large backyards but they don’t grow any produce. Maybe a fig, citrus or a pecan tree here and there but mostly crabgrass. So every day I hear lawnmowers. People mowing weeds not knowing how to control them or enhance the soil. They probably spray a lot of chemicals as well.
Brussels sprouts…because I saw a recipe that looks good.
We're just a toy ant farm for Aliens and they're enjoying shaking us up lately 😂
Loved these tips…Thank you!
Nope, you’re not completely self sufficient.
I would not grow what I don't eat. Space is limited and growing what I love is a must. Video coming on my spring garden with some of my treats
Thanks for the tips!
You asked for our favorite thing to plant. It didn’t take me long to answer that question… Mine is definitely tomatoes. I know it might sound boring, but there’s just so many delicious varieties. This year I’m growing “Sungold” and “Money maker” tomatoes.
Happy season everyone!
I grew up bell peppers for 3 years that no one would eat, haha… my neighbors and I now have a monthly crop share at the local park in our neighborhood—trying to start a co-op kind of thing where we actually let each other know ahead of time who’s growing what. I’m in Orange County, CA
I've watched a channel where they couldn't have front yard gardens, but fruit trees were ok. Guess what their front yard was FULL of?!
Can you use the black tulle to cover blueberries to protect them from birds? Will it allow for enough Sun?
Hello, i am hoping you can recommend three things for an apartment garden. Potting soil, soil tester and nutrients for the garden. Thank you, have a happy afternoon.
Brian,
Love growing lettuce & kale. I don't even mind when the kale bolts as the flowers are sweet & crunchy, plus my resident pollinators love them. 😊
Eggplant! I can't stand it but it grows so well here that I can't stop growing it. I give it away 😂