Show them off by making them focal points in your garden.

This rainbow Swiss chard was recently planted in these strawberry pots, where they will fill out the space.

New leaves will fill in where old leaves are harvested, keeping the plants fresh-looking and lush.

Dresser Turned into a Vegetable Garden

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Use Hanging Planters

There is no gardening rule that says hanging baskets have to be flowers.

Especially vegetables with shallow roots will work in hanging planters.

Just remember that the containers will get heavy when they are full of soil and plants.

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And, like all container plants, they need more frequent watering than plants in garden soil.

This gardener has hung baskets attached to strong horizontal boards along a wall.

Try Vertical Gardening

Many gardeners know that old, discarded pallets make greatcompost bins.

Hanging Vegetable Garden

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They also make great vertical gardens.

Staple some landscape fabric to the inside of the front of your pallet and the outside of the rear.

Fill the whole thing withgood potting soil.

Kale Grown in the Flower Border

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Then turn the pallet on its side and make slits where you want to insert your plants.

This is a variation on araised bed garden, but since it’s self-contained, it’s portable.

you’re free to squeeze a lot into onesmall garden.

Vegetable Garden Made of Pallettes

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Plant a Garden on Shelves

Shelves make a great little garden.

Do not forget toinclude some herbs, too.

Just pull up a chair and literally watch the plants grow.

Crate Vegetable Garden

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This greenhouse provides a view of the garden outside as well as the sheltered vegetables and flowers growing undercover.

It is a great place to set up an office while you keep tabs on how everything is growing.

Plant a Permaculture Garden

If you are drawn toward sustainability, look into creating apermaculture garden.

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This key in of garden tries to duplicate the layering found in natural systems and forests.

Design a Container Garden

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you might grow just aboutany vegetable in containers.

Move the containers around to take full advantage of the sun.

High Raised Beds

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Either plant one punch in of vegetable per container or mix things up.

Examples include asparagus and petunias, eggplant and marigold, or winter squash and nasturtium.

Build a planter on your fence or hang boxes from your fence.

Growing Vegetables in a Greenhouse

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This keeps plants out of the reach of rabbits and gives them more undisturbed access to sunlight.

Trysuccession planting, where you plant vegetables strategically so that there is continuously something new ready to be harvested.

Or try planting smaller, more compact varieties of vegetables to make the most of your small space.

A Permaculture Garden

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These classic gardening vessels aren’t just for flowers.

In this garden, lettuce serves as both the height and edging in the landscaping design.

Marigolds are used to add color, but they’re also one of the most popularedible flowers.

Vegetable container garden

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Combine acontainer gardenwithshade tolerant vegetablesand you’ll have a delicious array of veggies, even with your small space.

Build a Ladder Garden

Using a ladder to build avertical gardenhelps make the most of your space.

It also adds a timeless, charming look to your garden that is as pretty as it is practical.

Companion plants growing in garden

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Style a Plant Wall

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Aplant wallis stylish and functional way to grow a vegetable garden.

Try raised beds both as decor and functional gardening vessels on a patio or porch.

Use them as edging around a garden bed.

Vegetable or herb growing on a fence

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Tomatoes make good neighbors for basil and other herbs as well as carrots, cucumbers, and squash.

Good companion plants for lettuce are corn, pumpkins, radishes, and squash.

Taller plants go in the back, towards the north.

Rooftop garden with succession planting

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Vegetable garden in a window box

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Vegetables in landscaping

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Vegetables on balcony

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Ladder garden with vegetables and herbs

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Vegetable garden in rows

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Vegetables grown on a trellis

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Vegetables and herbs planted along a wall

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Stainless steel tub full of flowers

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Raised bed with kale and spinach on patio

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Spinach as garden edging

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