Grow food and flowers in a small space
Discover balcony, rooftop and container gardeners working with limited room.
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The Micro Gardener
The Micro Gardener, a site of articles about growing food in small spaces. Useful for people growing in containers, balconies and tiny yards.
Why it is here: Small-space food growing ideas for balconies and containers.
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Vertical Veg
Blog by Mark Ridsdill Smith about growing food in small urban spaces, including balconies, walls and containers.
Why it is here: Container and vertical growing advice for city gardeners with tiny spaces.
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Food Gardening Network
A section of Food Gardening Network with articles on container gardening indoors, outdoors, on a patio or on a countertop. Useful for people with limited space.
Why it is here: Container gardening articles for patios, indoor spaces and countertops.
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Urban Turnip
Urban Turnip, a UK blog about urban gardening with an emphasis on growing in pots and containers. Useful for people with balconies and small yards.
Why it is here: Pot and container growing tips for urban gardeners.
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Horticulture Magazine
The container gardening archive of Horticulture magazine, with articles on growing plants in pots. Useful for gardeners with limited space.
Why it is here: Container gardening articles from a long-established gardening magazine.
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UrbanFarmU
The blog and podcast of The Urban Farm, with articles and conversations on growing food, fruit trees, soil, water and homesteading. Useful for city growers.
Why it is here: Growing food in the city, with a blog and podcast on soil, trees and water.
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Fresh Roots
The blog of Fresh Roots, a Vancouver organization running urban farms and food education in schools. Useful for readers interested in growing food in the city.
Why it is here: Urban farming and school garden programs in a city setting.
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Urban Ag News
The blog of Urban Ag News, which reports on urban agriculture and indoor farming. Useful for people following city food growing.
Why it is here: News on urban agriculture and urban growing methods.
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Urban Veg Patch
A UK blog about growing your own food and flowers in small spaces, with gardening advice and book reviews. Useful for gardeners with small plots.
Why it is here: Grow-your-own advice and small-space gardening for urban plots.
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