Publisher's Synopsis
*Winner of the Garden Media Guild's The Peter Seabrook Practical Book of the Year Award 2022
From the creator of the wildly popular website and YouTube channel 'Vertical Veg' comes the complete guide to growing delicious fruit, vegetables, herbs and salad in containers, pots and more - in any space at home - no matter how small!
If you long to grow your own tomatoes, courgettes or strawberries, but thought you didn't have enough space, Mark Ridsdill Smith, aka the 'Vertical Veg Man,' will show you how. Make the most of walls, balconies, patios, arches and windowsills and create rich, beautiful and delicious homegrown food (indoors and out) - and put the savings back in your pocket. In just one year, you can grow 90kg of food worth £1000! With quick, proven results from his ten years of growing in all kinds of containers and teaching people how to grow bountiful, edible crops in small spaces, Mark will show you how gardening in containers is not just a hobby, but a way of creating a significant amount of delicious, low-cost, high-nutrition food.
Inside The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening, you'll find:
- Mark's 'Eight Steps to Success'
- How to make the most of your space
- How to draw up a planning calendar so you can grow throughout the year
- Planting projects for beginners
- Compost recipes and wormery guide for the more experienced gardener
- Troubleshoots for the specific challenges of growing in small spaces
- How growing food at home can contribute to wellbeing, sustainability and the local community
Don't be confined by the space you have - grow all the food you want with Mark's Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening.
