Vegetables
Lettuce
A calm, beginner-friendly guide to growing lettuce in pots, containers, window boxes and small gardens, with watering, harvesting and troubleshooting tips.
- Copes with part shade
- Easy
Start here
Welcome to Tiny Garden Harvest, a practical resource for growing food in small spaces. Whether you have a balcony, a patio, a handful of pots or a windowsill, this is the place to begin.
Work out your light
Count the hours of direct sun your space gets on a summer day. Six or more suits tomatoes, peppers and strawberries. Less than that? Salad leaves, mint, parsley and fruit bushes like gooseberries are happier.
Start small
Two or three crops grown well beat ten grown badly. Lettuce, radishes and a pot of herbs are the easiest wins.
Get the container right
Most problems in pots come from containers that are too small and dry out. Check yours with the free calculator before you sow.
Sow at the right time
The monthly sowing guides tell you what to start now, so you're not fighting the season.
Six easy first crops
Vegetables
Radishes
A beginner-friendly guide to growing crisp radishes in pots, troughs and window boxes, including sowing, watering, thinning and harvesting.
- Copes with part shade
- Easy
Vegetables
Spring Onions
Learn how to grow spring onions in pots and window boxes, including container depth, sowing, watering, companion crops and repeat harvests.
- Copes with part shade
- Easy
Herbs
Mint
A beginner-friendly guide to growing mint in pots, including variety choice, watering, harvesting, pruning, dividing and keeping mint contained.
- Copes with part shade
- Easy
Fruit
Strawberries
A practical guide to growing strawberries in balcony pots, troughs and hanging baskets, with advice on planting, watering, feeding and protecting fruit.
- Full sun
- Easy
Herbs
Herbs
A beginner-friendly guide to growing useful herbs on a windowsill, including herb choices, light, pots, watering, harvesting and common problems.