Garden Medley

A container garden doesn’t have to be limited to just flowers. You can grow a lovely vegetable garden.

Of course, not all vegetables will do well in containers. But quite a number will do rather well, as many vegetable plants really don’t grow all that large.

Tomatoes are perhaps the classic vegetable to grow in a container. They do well in at least 5 gallon buckets. Sugar lumps are a personal favorite. They’re really small, around 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches in diameter and grow in clusters. They’re just fun to pick and eat.

While most of my garden this past year really didn’t go too well, our beans did adequately. They were grown in a window box style container placed on the ground, with a trellis attached to the house for them to climb.

Broccoli can do pretty well at about one plant per 5 gallon container. Growing this at home can be a great way to get the kids to eat it.

So long as the soil is at least a foot deep, you can even grow carrots in containers. After all, they don’t so much need a lot of soil around them as they do need deep soil, at least to the depth they want to grow. Similarly, beets, onions and garlic can be grown in containers so long as you give them the depth they need.

Lettuce, cabbage, spinach, cauliflower… any of these can be grown in containers. It’s just a matter of giving them the right size container and not crowding them.

There’s really nothing like growing your own vegetables, and a yard is not a prerequisite. What you really need is sunshine, dirt and dedication. Ok, seeds, water and all that help too.

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