| When you think about growing vegetables you | | | | of space in their back yard. So, they devised a very |
| normally think of a large area which has been tilled or | | | | creative way to grow vegetables. They made their |
| plowed in order to plant the tiny seeds or small pants | | | | garden in what looked like a flower bed around the |
| and grow vegetables. This is the traditional way of | | | | entire yard. It was about 3 feet wide and followed |
| growing a vegetable garden, however there are | | | | their picket fence all the way around their entire |
| many other ways that can be very effective and | | | | property. The vegetables that were grown in my |
| not require nearly as much space. | | | | aunts yard were always just as good as any grown |
| Today people are finding lots of creative ways, in | | | | in traditional vegetable gardens. |
| which to grow vegetables in very limited spaces. | | | | These examples just show you that it doesn't take |
| People living in apartments can even grow | | | | much room to grow some great vegetables just |
| vegetables. I had a girl friend that grew some | | | | about anywhere. I have even known people to grow |
| tomatoes in a big 10 gallon bucket that she put some | | | | them in their home under a plant light. However that |
| dirt in out on the patio. Those were the best | | | | method is usually used for getting the plants started |
| tomatoes ever. | | | | from seeds, but it can also be a valuable way to |
| I even had an aunt and uncle that always had a | | | | produce wonderful vegetables if you decide you |
| garden each year. However they never liked the idea | | | | want the space utilized that way. |
| of having the garden in some big spot taking up a lot | | | | |