growing vertically to optimize the space you have
growing a productive garden in small spaces
all this and more in today's episode
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so our first step for today is how to utilize
your garden space and grow vertically
by growing vertically
you make sure that you really optimize your growing space
because you can grow a lot more fruits and vegetables
and even herbs in a small space
so what you're seeing here
is a growing rack which basically has multiple racks
and a lot of space between the racks to allow
sunlight to come in and you can buy this kind of a growing the track very easily
we bought ours from Costco for just $25 dollars
and I'm sure that you can buy this at other places as well
if you do not have a Costco in your area I will provide a link
by which you can buy the product on Amazon
now what you're seeing here is
plants that don't grow very tall you would use a growing rack to grow
plants that are not very tall
and some examples of those plants are some micro greens like fenugreek
you can grow a lot of herbs like mint you can even use the bottom most rack to
keep your garden equipment
and then use the other racks for growing
so you could grow strawberries for example which do not grow very tall
and then you can use the topmost track to grow
crops that word grow taller than the others
like Kohlrabis and carrots
a lot of other vegetables and fruits and herbs
that usually grow
now one thing that you really need to ensure it is that
the sunlight that's coming on to your growing rack
gets evenly distributed not only on the top part but also on the other tiers
and by buying a growing rack which has these
perforated shelves you make sure that all the Sunlight that's coming from the
top of your rack
goes all the way down the containers that you use for
growing vertically also need not be expensive
I got these containers from the 99 cent store
and for 99 cents these make great containers
for vertical growing you just need to drill holes in
the containers that don't have holes for drainage
and then use them just like you would any other pots and while you are at the dollar
store or the 99 cent store
you can pick up a lot of exciting gardening equipment
for about a dollar or two
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Our next step in this episode is how do you utilize
smaller containers and grow a lot of
fruits vegetables and herbs so what you see here is a baking tray
which we got from Costco as well and they are really cheap
because you buy them in bulk and I'm sowing some
radish seeds here this radish variety is called champion
and you will soon see that it's so easy to grow
your own vegetables in this small container
so all you need to do is get a baking tray like this
which is about six inches high and fill in some
potting soil or potting mix or any ready-to-use potting mix
that you can find and you have your growing medium
and as you can see these radish
seedlings have now germinated and they're growing really well
so if you're like me if you don't have a lot of space
I live in a city which really has a
very less growing area, growing in containers like these baking trays
and using growing racks bill give you
the opportunity to grow fresh vegetables in your garden
so all those of you who are living in apartments or condos are
even houses in cities that do not have a large yard
you now do not have any excuse to not grow your own
vegetables and fresh produce at home
so as you can see these radish
roots are probably about two or three inches and this
sized growing container which is about four to six inches
is more than enough for you to grow things like microgreens
some herbs and leafy greens like lettuce
spinach amaranth greens and a lot of other
vegetables and herbs that do not have a very dense root system
so I hope you like today's episode and I hope
that it inspires you to grow your own fresh
produce no matter how small of a yard
or garden you have and remember even though
you can grow less produce in
smaller areas, it is still better than buying
fruits and vegetables from the supermarket simply because they're just
so fresh and so delicious and very healthy
you know exactly what's going into your fruits and vegetables and herbs
and this is the best way you can lead a very healthy life
free from pesticides and other things that are bad for your health
so show us your green thumb and get going
you'll not only be doing a great thing for yourself but also
a great thing for this environment
Happy Gardening!
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