What are the easiest ways of growing food at home?  |
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 Partly out of financial need, and partly out of a desire to try something new, I'd like to have a crack at supplementing my diet by growing food at home. There are a couple of problems with this:
First, I have little experience of gardening and none of farming.
Second, I only have a small house and a tiny garden. So the available space would be on the order of a few window boxes, the garden shed and a very small lawn I could dig up. Also, I don't usually have a massive amount of spare time.
Given those limitations, can anyone give me some tips on growing stuff at home, in window boxes etc? Something that even a no-hoper like me can follow? I'm thinking in terms of starting small, with mushrooms or watercress, something like that. Any advice anyone can offer me?
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1.  spalladino (2053) | 3 months ago |  Plant vine tomatoes, beans and peas and let them climb up poles. That saves ground space for plants like cucumbers and squash. They sell some hanging planters on tv where you grow your vegetables upside down. I'll post the next time I see the ad. Potatoes can be planted among the squash and cucumbers. They offer added shade to the vegetables and the spuds grow underground so they don't take up space.
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 Citizen_Stuart (392) | 3 months ago | Thanks for the advice. I had thought of planting a few spuds, but I also like the sound of the tomatoes and beans. Cheers. | |
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| Citizen_Stuart (392) | 3 months ago | I like the sound of container gardening. It saves digging up the lawn, at least for the time being. I'll see what they've got at the garden centre, cheers. | |
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| 3. cher913 (7246) | 3 months ago |  plant things that are easy to grow such as tomatoes and beans. also, if you are pinched for space you could buy a couple of strawberry pots for herbs or grow them in your window boxes.
your best bet is to talk to someone at a garden centre, quite often these people know what they are doing. also, you could try and visit the library and get books on gardening in a small space.
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| Citizen_Stuart (392) | 3 months ago | That's what I'm going to do. Thanks for the advice. | |
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| 4. ferdzNK (1674) | 3 months ago |  I think they've given you enough to start with, if by any chance that you feel a bit adventurous then visit this site http://www.howtohydroponics.com/
I would like to try this sometime, I just missed the seminar conducted here in our place but I will definitely watch for it next time.
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| Citizen_Stuart (392) | 3 months ago | A bit too adventurous for me, but thanks for posting!;-) | |
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