Comments on: Gardening in Small Spaces

By: TeraH

TeraH — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:57:33 +0000

Hmm – I like that herb garden idea.

I have been growing tomatoes upside down for about 3 years and Im getting better at it. A good article on the subject – http://www.practicalhomeandgarden.com/the-upside-down-tomato-garden. One good tip is to put alot of vermiculite or other moisture holding material at the bottom of the bucket (this will be at the top when the bucket is inverted). This is because the tomato plants ‘drinking’ roots tend to be the deepest, or shallowest when upside down – this helps keep moisture around those roots that need it most – http://www.amateurarticles.com/growing-tomatoes-upside-down

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:51:25 +0000

Wow! I love that shoe organizer idea. How crafty!

By: tarena

tarena — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:42:41 +0000

Hey lindsey!
I am starting to think about and plan for our garden for next year. We have a VERY small patio out back and that is it (townhouse). I am very interested in finding creative ways to plant things and I love your ideas! I do want to look into if anything can be leached into the plants if it is grown in plastic or certin kinds of metal cans. Have you learned anything?
Thanks,
Tarena

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:13:15 +0000

Are you referring to Topsy Turvy’s?

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:31:19 +0000

I am not having any luck at all with those tomato planters from Walmart. The plants looked great for about two weeks, then they started to yellow, now they are drying up and dying. I have tried watering more, watering less, plant food. I don’t know what I am doing wrong and now it is too late to get more plants and tomatoes are my favorite. I am really an unhappy camper right now. Any ideas at all????
Thanks

By: b.

b. — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:43:48 +0000

I just saw something in a magazine called a Living Wall by Smith and Hawken. I wonder if this is another great idea for someone if they can figure out how to make it. http://www.smithandhawken.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=prod1430005p&categoryId=cat970002p

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:07:08 +0000

We are going to try the upside down gardening this year. I know several homeschoolers last year that went to their local dollar store and bought several buckets with the handles on them. They drilled a hole in the bottom and used the handle to hang it up and they grew alot of tomatoes, cucumbers, zuchinni and peppers this way. They said it was the easiest way to grow the plants and they have their pots and plants waiting to go outside this year.

By: DeAnna

DeAnna — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:21:48 +0000

This year I’m doing a small garden outside. I have a couple tomato plants in the ground, but was wondering about those upside down things. The gutter things look great, although wouldn’t work very easily on our house because its brick. But, I saw on Martha Stewart how to build a salad table. Here’s the link: http://www.marthastewart.com/article/salad-table My husband built me one — I think if it is done exactly as it says it would cost about $30, my husband used wood slats under the window screening instead of the wire stuff (I think the video mentions this as well) and since he had a couple sawhorses sitting around here, he used those instead of building the legs. This also makes it easier to transport and store in the winter when we aren’t using it. After he took those couple of things back, he said he saved $18 – so I guess that means it cost us $12. I’ve got romaine, broccoli, spinach, kale, and I’m moving some bush bean plants in there as I had lots of bush beans sprout after planting the seeds — way too many for my small little garden bed. I’m hoping that this year we can have a good bit of fresh veggies — and maybe even fruit as we planted a blackberry bush.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:07:35 +0000

I’m going to try the gutters this week. Do you think there’s any concern with the plastic leeching into the soil and therefore the vegetables? Do you have a certain type of soil you recommend? I’m fairly new to gardening and don’t know if there are significant quality differences. Thanks for the inspiration!

By: Ivy

Ivy — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:32:28 +0000

You have such an amazing blog. WOW!
How uplifting, and inspiring. God Bless!