Container Gardening
Pots, grow bags, hanging baskets or something you can up-cycle, consider all the containers you can grow in.
Containers will allow you to move plants around during the year, depending on sunlight, moisture levels and temperature.
Growing in pots can be great for your confidence. It’s less overwhelming for first time gardeners, because you can compartmentalise what you’re working with. Rather than looking at a large plot and getting overwhelmed with the space you have. Large plots means more ‘work’. You can make the pots work for you.
Plus, some plants work best in containers, for example mint - you generally never want to plant mint in an open space because they like to travel, and they get everywhere! Which sounds like a great thing. More mint tea for me! What’s the problem I hear you ask? They can start to impact the growth of other vegetables. A mistake I learned during my first year of gardening. My mint is always grown in a pot of it’s own now.
