Things You'll Need:
- evaluation of your yard
- various different containers
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Step 1
You should first take an evaluation of your growing area. Of course, you should also take into account what else you do with the yard. Do you have children or pets that need space to play or run.
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Step 2
Take note of how the sun rises and sets. Which areas of your yard tend to be in shade more than others? What is shades in the morning, what is shades in the evening?
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Step 3
Your fences are a great place to start. You can plant tall items such as corn along fence rows or even if you do not have a fence, you can plant corn to act as a fence between your neighbor and your yard.
Fences are also great for climbing plants like green pole beans and green peas or cucumbers. Where these plants climb, they take great advantage of the height of fences. -
Step 4
Next you should look at what space you do have. You can plant a very good amount of vegetables into a small 3x3 square plot. Just plant them a little closer together. You do want them to have some room between plants, but you can put them a little bit closer than recommended. Note that you may have to fertilize a little more frequently to be sure that each plant has enough nutrients.
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Step 5
Porches and Patios are great places for container gardens. You can also place these all over your yard if you need to. Containers take advantage of small spaces that you might not be able to use for anything else. You can also move containers during the day if you have a large deal of shaded area that you need to work around.
Comments
SeventhSibling said
on 5/29/2009 These are good tips for working a garden into a small space.