Garden Types

Brown Gold Lettuce

Growing for Apartments

Certain plants are well-suited to container growing. Try growing tomatoes, peppers, salads, herbs, peas and beans. Experiment with other crops.
Watering - put a reservoir beneath each pot that can hold at least 500ml, which you can top up if you’re going away for the weekend.
Make your own liquid feeds from nettles and comfrey and water your plants with it.
Try growing potatoes in an empty compost bag which can easily be earthed up by topping up with a mixture of soil and compost.
Don’t allow the containers to get water-logged put a few stones at the base of each to improve drainage

Tomatoes

Use south facing walls for climbing plants (like tomato, climbing beans) or espalier fruit trees (like plums and pears).
Practise a simple four-year rotation between 4 roughly equal beds. The 4 main groups are the cabbage family, the onion family, the potato family and the pea family. Others can be slotted in where there is space.
A clump of comfrey in the corner will make excellent liquid plant food when it is cut and steeped in a water bucket.
Use cloches to cover early crops and protect them from frosts. A mini glasshouse or cold-frame made from recycled windows will prevent seedlings from getting leggy on the windowsill.

Cucumbers

Advertise, asking if there is anyone interested in starting a community garden, and ask around about a spare plot of land.
Organise workshops with an experienced local gardener on some important topics like weeding, slug control, composting, etc.
Have a garden log-book to record what was done when you weren’t there to keep track of the work being done throughout the week.
Plant some fruit bushes and trees if the space allows, remember to have at least 2 apple trees for pollination.
Grow comfrey as a plant food, and use flowers and herbs to encourage a healthy environment.

Onions