Make the most of your small garden space.

I have a space 5x7 with half being full shade. This is how i make do...

GO VERTICLE -
i plant pots on shelves, it quadruples the plants. Also planting trellises to keep vining plants vertical. And strawberries in recycled stacked 2 Lt bottles etc.

DOUBLE PURPOSE -
Hamburg parsely (root and leaves), entirely edible plants, like nasturtium or radishes (flowers, green seeds, leaves), strawberry spinach (berries and leaves),

BE CHOOSEY -
only plant the plants you actually love to eat

GO DWARF -
Plant mini varieties or heavily prune.

POTS -
put post on concrete that is otherwise useless.

PLANT SMART -
I have half of my patch in pretty much full shade, so i plant greens here to prevent them bolting early and keep them tender. Also broad beans and peas and other plants that aren't so warmth and sun thirsty like some alliums just for the greens. I also plant stuff under my fruit trees because I have no choice. I don't have problems with them competing too much but it's best to plant deeper rooting plants with trees i think.

HIGH YIELD VARIETIES -
plant high yielding plants like mouse melon and green tigerella to the most bang for your buck so to speak.

PACK IT IN -
but not too much so that things get starved for sun. It keeps weeds down and if you have good soil it actually works out well! Try not to monoculture too much and have patches about the place so pests don't find all your patches and you can have some untouched plants.

Replacing murdered seedlings

Sigh....

Well the birds, sun, and snails alike just won't give me a break!

I had to let some go and not even bother with replanting them. The uncharacteristic random boiling days fried a bunch of seedlings and my corn salad. That mache being fried, will leave a hole in my heart. Seriously my FAVOURITE green, the stems are tender and delicious. I love love love it so so much. I will definitely plant a huge crop. It is a magnet for leaf miner, but so is milk thistle so I purposely grow that too (the birds like the flower heads too!). So I did replant some later that I felt would be worth it.

Ok, I replanted the last lot of "Spring" seeds, even though summer is at our door. The last tomatoes and another cotton plant.

I bought lots of ornamentals from bunnings. It was the best fun. I'd love to create terrariums as a job in all seriousness. I did spot green zebra at bunnings, and they didn't lie on the internet when they said they produce the biggest crop. I'm super impressed!!!!

I looked into permiculture recently and I'm excited to work some things into my garden.

I feel this year everything is growing at half speed. I'm super anxious about it too.

Repotted the blueberries, thyme, got a caper bush, ...

I do hope my seedlings make it.

We will get cherries this year for the first time!

my beetroot and greens

my flowers

my beets, white and red, the white might be swiss chard...

spirooli veggies, nothing but the lemon from my garden.

brussel sprouts leaves are perfect for round wraps!

dog loves chroming the southern wormwood and so do i!

my daikon! Flowers and greens (not olives).

my dried stevia for sweetness! It came up after winter! YAY I should repot it thought it hates the sand.

my greens serves with a croquette.

yup, this was a bit ago but still.

daikons, they were all woody :(

Also Green Radish seed pods are edible?!  Spicey! Who knew!?

kale taller than I, only took 2 years!

native stingless bee

my daikon spirooli gluten free "pasta"

I think it looks like a Dr Zeus character! LOL

My entire carrot harvest so far.

I love a fresh cardboard pathway!

lentil bud

 

Yes I take screen cap photos from my instagram. :p I'm lazy, what can i say?!

 only got 2 poppies

 Sorry neighbours, no doubt you'll get borage popping up in your yard! 

 Kale went Ape this season!

This is how i weed.