Grow a tiny edible garden

There are plenty of delicious crops you can grow in pots, writes Chris Collins, Garden Organic’s head of horticulture.

Chris Collins

Limited space shouldn’t limit your ability to grow things to eat. On my balcony, I harvest all kinds of organic greens, herbs and sun-kissed vegetables - and there’s nothing better than picking them super fresh. A trough filled with cut-and-come-again salads, spinach, rocket and spring onions is an easy place to start. Fill a 25cm-by-25cm trough with peat-free compost, and sow thickly in drills 20cm (8in) apart. I like to inter-sow with fresh drills every three to four weeks to ensure a constant supply. Potatoes also grow easily in hessian sacks. Fill a quarter of the sack with compost and place four seed potatoes (preferably chitted) into the compost. As the plants grow, add more fresh compost to cover the growing shoots until you reach the top. They’ll be ready…

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Amateur Gardening (Digital) - 1 Issue, 27-Apr-2024

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