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*Winner of the Garden Media Guild’s The Peter Seabrook Practical Book of the Year Award 2022
*2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of Achievement
From the creator of the wildly popular website “Vertical Veg” and with over 200k people in his online community of growers, comes the complete guide to growing delicious fruit, vegetables, herbs, and salad in containers, pots, and more–in any space, from window boxes to garden yards, no matter how small!
“[A] thorough and enthusiastic guide to vegetable gardening . . . both handy and hefty…Aspiring urban gardeners will want to give this a look.”–Publishers Weekly
If you long to grow your own tomatoes, zucchini, or strawberries, but thought you didn’t have enough space, Mark Ridsdill Smith, aka the “Vertical Veg Man,” will show you how to make the most of walls, balconies, patios, arches, and windowsills.
Ridsdill Smith has spent over ten years teaching people to grow bountiful, edible crops in all kinds of containers in small spaces.
Inside The Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening, you’ll find:
Mark’s “Eight Steps to Success”How to make the most of your spaceHow to draw up a planning calendar so you can grow throughout the yearPlanting projects for beginnersCompost recipes and wormery guide for the more experienced gardenerTroubleshoots for specific challenges of growing in small spacesHow growing food at home can contribute to wellbeing and the local community
With quick, proven results from his own tests, failures, and successes, Mark will show you how gardening in containers is not just a hobby, but a way of creating a significant amount of delicious, low-cost, high nutrition food.
Don’t be confined by the space you have–grow all the food you want with Mark’s Vertical Veg Guide to Container Gardening.
From the Publisher








Color photos, color illustrations, and step-by-step instructions included!
Step-by-step: Taking cuttings: Late spring and early summer, when the
plants are growing vigorously, is the best time to take cuttings. On pages 96-99, Mark walks through Ten simple steps—and some troubleshooting tips!

Color photos, color illustrations, and step-by-step instructions included!
Step-by-step: Taking cuttings: Late spring and early summer, when the
plants are growing vigorously, is the best time to take cuttings. On pages 96-99, Mark walks through Ten simple steps—and some troubleshooting tips!

Color photos, color illustrations, and step-by-step instructions included!
Step-by-step: Taking cuttings: Late spring and early summer, when the
plants are growing vigorously, is the best time to take cuttings. On pages 96-99, Mark walks through Ten simple steps—and some troubleshooting tips!

Color photos, color illustrations, and step-by-step instructions included!
Step-by-step: Taking cuttings: Late spring and early summer, when the
plants are growing vigorously, is the best time to take cuttings. On pages 96-99, Mark walks through Ten simple steps—and some troubleshooting tips!

Remove the lower leaves

Cut the stem just below a leaf node.

Remove the lower leaves

Inserting a few cuttings into each pot

Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing UK (March 24, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 309 pages
ISBN-10 : 1645021505
ISBN-13 : 978-1645021506
Item Weight : 1.65 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 0.5 x 9.75 inches
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