Ultimate Guide: Small Space Kitchen Gardens

Learn the simple approach to creating a high-yield kitchen garden in a small space!

Designed for container gardening and other small-space solutions both for indoor gardening and small outdoor plots, this book shows how to grow a productive kitchen garden on balconies, patios, decks, rooftops, and in compact yards. Whether you're working with pots, planters, raised beds, or a sunny corner outdoors, you'll learn how to maximize yield without needing a traditional garden plot.

Plant an easy garden to experience the magic of growing and enjoying some of your own herbs, greens, and vegetables, with only a few hours a week
Step-by-step beginner's guide to proper soil, growing from seeds or seedlings, extending your growing season, garden design, containers and tools, and preventing disease and insect damage
Color photos walk you through each step to creating your very own productive kitchen garden in a small space
Includes vegetables, herbs, and berries you will use, from radishes, carrots, and garlic to winter squash, lettuces, and raspberries
Author Nina Koziol is well-known as a horticulturist and garden writer who teaches at the Chicago Botanic Garden

What is a "kitchen garden"? It's a small-scale version of a vegetable garden that enables you to grow and enjoy your own homegrown produce, but only requires a few minutes or hours of your time each week. It's possible to fit a kitchen garden into an already busy lifestyle, making gardening an easy and enjoyable part of your routine!

Inside this book, author and expert gardener Nina Koziol shares a simple approach to building and designing a kitchen garden that features the favorite vegetables, herbs, and fruits that families love. Featured are detailed profiles for easy-to-grow varieties including

Leafy greens: lettuces, spinach, kale, cabbage, mustard greens, collards, Asian greens
Root and bulb crops: potatoes, radishes, beets, carrots, onions, shallots, leeks, garlic
Warm-season vegetables: tomatoes, sweet corn, peppers, beans, zucchini, cucumbers, pumpkins, gourds, winter squash
Cool-season favorites: broccoli, peas, asparagus
Small fruits: raspberries, blueberries

Also included are sections on how to grow in both warm and cool seasons, tools and safety, when to use cages or trellises, soil preparation, advice on preventing disease, composting, raised beds, creating a proper climate to extend your growing season, and more! Whether you have a tiny lot, a roomy plot, want to use containers and pots, want to grow indoors or outdoors, Nina knows what works and how you can make it happen. To help enjoy your harvest, Nina even shares a few of her favorite recipes!

Get a small, productive garden started no matter your time or space constraints, and start enjoying delicious home-grown produce, with Ultimate Guide: Small Space Kitchen Gardens!