Small Space, Big Harvest: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Vegetables in Containers, Raised Beds & Small Spaces — on Any Balcony, Patio, or Sunny Corner - Couverture souple

Bennett, Clara

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798199740487

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Most vegetable-gardening books assume you have a yard. This one starts with a balcony.

If you've got a six-by-ten balcony, a patio with room for a few pots, or a single 4×4 raised bed by the fence, you have enough space to grow real food — tomatoes, beans, lettuce, herbs, the things you'll actually eat. Not a token pot of mint. A genuine, season-long harvest from the space you already have.

Clara Bennett grows hers on a small balcony in the Pacific Northwest. She started on a city fire escape, killed more basil than she'd like to admit, and worked out — over six seasons of trial, error, and a lot of university extension reading — what actually produces in a tight space. This is the beginner's book she wishes she'd had: honest about what fails, specific about pot sizes and sun hours, and written for renters and first-timers who are tired of garden books that assume an acre and a tractor.

Inside you'll find:

• How to read your space before you buy a thing — sun, the weight a balcony can safely hold, wind, and water.
• The right-sized pot for every crop — plus the compact "patio" and "bush" varieties bred to thrive in containers.
• Square-foot spacing that quietly out-produces a traditional backyard row.
• A whole chapter on watering — overwatering is the single biggest beginner mistake, and it gets the space it deserves.
• A full season's rhythm, food-safe pest control, and a troubleshooting chapter for the problems beginners actually hit.
• A quick-reference layout for every crop — pot size, sun, spacing, at a glance.

This book is for you if:

• You rent, and your "garden" is a balcony, a fire escape, or a patio.
• You've kept a few herbs alive and you're ready to grow something you can make a meal from.
• You've never grown anything and you'd like the first thing you grow to be food.
• You're tired of vegetable-gardening books that assume a tiller and four beds on a rotation.

This book is not: a homesteading manual, a permaculture manifesto, or a market-garden business plan. It's a calm, practical guide to growing a real harvest in a small space — exactly that, and done well.

Grab a pot. There's a tomato that wants to grow on your balcony this summer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798199740487
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg