How you can grow your own food in 2021

There’s a lot of ways even limited space can be used to grow your own food. With preparation, even paved yards can be turned into impressive gardens. Innovative methods such as vertical gardening can even turn cramped gardens into productive allotments.

Planters

By adding even small garden planters to your yard you can quickly establish a variety of small fruit trees or berry plants, herbs or even small vegetables like radishes and chives. With care and attention these smaller plants can produce a crop in a few months- perfect for introducing children to gardening.

Hanging baskets

For those with even less space, hanging baskets are an attractive and simple option that are simple and cheap to set up. Ideal for summer crops like strawberries or even cucumbers, these versatile containers also add an appealing visual aspect to homes and gardens.

Beds and borders

If you’re lucky enough to have workable space on your borders, then the range of vegetables available to you is far wider. Easy growing, ground-hugging seasonal vegetables are perfect for creating lush borders, while herbs and smaller crops can fill gaps. Be careful to create plenty of space for sunlight to reach your borders, while rotating crops to improve the chances of strong yields. Building frames for climbing veg such as beans and peas can help increase your harvests by building upwards.

Allotment

If you really want to get stuck into growing your own food, or you lack the space, you could consider an allotment. This will give you all the space you need to develop large, productive vegetable crops such as root crops, while also providing room to experiment with more diverse seasonal crops. You can also consider growing very large crops to capitalise on the available space. This would include things like squashes and rhubarb, cane-based plants like beans, or berry trees and fruit bushes.

Whatever gardening projects 2019 brings, remember that compost is key to getting the most from your soil. Whether as mulch or soil improver, quality compost makes all the difference and keeps your plants healthy all year round. If you really want to maximise yields, then using the correct compost is key. Visit our store today to discover more about the best compost for you.