Beginner Gardener will have no room to garden!

Hello all! I'm beginning to pack and eventually get my house on the market (eventually leaving me room to be as indecisive as I want to be!heehee). I'll be relocating to something smaller like a townhome, maybe even an apt. Anyone have any ideas for to keep up a veggie garden with no ground to garden on? Looking for ideas on what grows well in pots,etc. As always, thanks for your help! God Bless.

hello there. I live in a condo and have a really small yard but lots of plants.........LOL. I have a garden area that's about 5x8 and in it I have different flowers, 2 red currant fruits, 1 gooseberry, and 1 raspberry. In pots I have various flowers such as Calla, Geranium, Wild Ginger, Clematis, A pigmy Lilac bush, and of course morning glories among a few other things. I have a very, very big pot with a grape in it and strawberries around the bottom of the grape. I have strawberries in a hanging bag and 1 hanging bag with peas. I have tomatoes, green peppers, zuchini, and birdhouse gourd in a pot. Oh yeah, have a watermelon and rhubarb too.........LOL. Aimee makes fun of me because I have so many things growing in such a tiny space :)
Let me know how it goes

Be sure to check into the Container Garden Forum also. I moved form several acres to an apartment with just a small patio and then downstairs in the same apartment where I now have a small area of ground to play in. Look about and see if you can find a place that has at leats a wee little gtound! Garden apartments are out there if you can find an opening in one!

Grow Sungold cherry tomatoes in pots. They are an outstanding hybrid that is disease free and grows in amazingly cold weather. The taste is tangy and rich, the closest thing to an heirloom tomato you can get outside of the real thing. Here in cool-weather San Francisco, they are the only reliable tomato I can grow. Nice, compact plants, too. Difficult to find, but worth the search.

I could not remember where I started this post! So sorry for the delay. Very excellent ideas..I didn't even realized we had container forum!

I had never heard of a pigmy lilac, I am anxious to locate one. Where I grew up my parent's entire front yard and one side was bordered with lilacs, I miss them so much!

Great idea on the tomatoes too..I will looking. Are they a red or yellow/orange variety?

A friend has a 30X40 back yard,,,and here' a pic of it. She has over 150 different species...it's utopia!

Wow!! I guess this means we can't complain about not having enough space anymore, huh? That is truly wonderful!

I have a link on the container forum on different vegetables you can grow in pots, how many plants to use in size of containers.The following link will direct you to it. Hope it helps and best of luck to you.

http://davesgarden.com/t/378691/

Has anyone heard of upside down tomatoes !! There was an article in our local paper about them, and I have since started them. You cut a hole in the bottom of a container (I used a kitty litter pail that I painted), put the leaves through the hole so they are hanging out, I wrapped around the roots on the inside so the dirt doesn't fall out, top them with miracle grow and let them grow!! They are really NEAT!! No staking, animals dont get to them and they are easy.

Really cool idea for the upside down growing. Post a picture when they are ready to start harvesting.

wow, that really is a neat idea! My mom has a lot of problems with deer and now has taken to digging up her plants and moving them into pot on her deck. I love the bucket, you are so creative! Great job!!!!

My DH always wants me to grow tomatos, maybe I will try this ! I wonder...as the tomatos get larger, will the weight pull them out? Worth a try anyway, great idea!

One thing I learned real fast is to get a real sturdy shephards hook, and to use Miracle Grow potting soil. (or something similar). I had to repot the first time because the dirt was so heavy that the shephards hook bent down. I now use a much sturdier hook and also the dirt is MUCH lighter. I used a coffee filter to wrap around the roots to keep the dirt from falling through the hole and then put the potting soil on top. Also if you have a very heavy rain put some kind of cover on top. If I can give you any other help please let me know.