You always had a dream of living in a house with a beautiful garden; however, the place where you live now does not have enough space to put up a lounge chair, let alone a garden. However, with some smart ideas and wise planting, smaller spaces will no longer be an obstacle in putting up a garden for you.
Here are some smart tips for small space gardening:
- Use container planting
Depending on the size of the container, you can grow almost any vegetable or flower plant in it. You can even employ some recycled items like old tubs, unused small buckets etc. as containers. By container planting, you can make your own garden containing both flowers and vegetables in a very small space. By placing the containers elegantly in a proper manner, you can also make your entire place look green and beautiful.
- Pick your plants wisely
Picking proper plants is one of the most important things while gardening in a small space. If you have chosen tomatoes or pepper plants, make sure your gardening space receives direct sunlight for maximum hours during the day. Certain species of flowers too need good amount of sunlight in order to bloom profusely. On the other hand, certain flowers or vegetable plants are damaged when exposed to direct sunlight for long duration. So, make sure you have sufficient knowledge about the plants you have chosen for your small garden and if they will survive in a small space or not.
- Water and nutrients
When you plant flowers or vegetables in a container then it is very necessary for you to take extra care because in a container, the plants have limited access to soil nutrients and water. So, make sure you regularly water the plants and supplement the container soil with proper nutrients like organic compost, bone meal, kelp meal etc.
- Use companion planting
Companion planting means planting certain plants that benefit one another if they are planted beside each other. These plants can provide each other with required shade, enhance soil nutrients and also act as a purely natural pest control. You can learn more about companion planting on the internet or from any gardening books.
- Use succession planting
Succession planting involves sowing seeds continuously of the same plant in order to have more plants of the same species for longer time. This practice saves you a lot of time and effort in growing up your favorite plants because you will have your favorite plants for many weeks continuously. You can obtain information about succession planting from gardening websites on the internet and from gardening books specializing in small space gardening.
