Growing vertically is a great way to make the most of a small garden space. Learn to build an inexpensive garden trellis with these DIY trellis ideas.
Metal arch and trellises in a garden at the Smithsonian.
SMALL SPACE GARDENS
You don’t have to have acres of land in order to grow a lot of food. Urban gardeners across the globe are embracing the idea of small gardens. By growing abundantly in raised beds, transforming lawns into vegetable gardens, and growing food in the front yard, they’re harvesting food for their families.
Small gardens are a great option for those with limited space, limited time, and limited mobility.
Growing Strawberries in Your Home Garden
Strawberry plants are perennial, and can thrive in your garden for years! Consider growing strawberries for the oh so delicious fruit!
How to Grow Lettuce in Your Home Garden
Growing lettuce at home means fresh salads at your fingertips! It’s a perfect option for urban gardeners; it does really well in containers.
Growing a Front Yard Vegetable Garden
Planting a front yard full of pretty edibles — annual and perennial vegetables — is a great way to use the most of your space.
Growing Blueberries in Containers for Summertime Sweets
Growing blueberries in containers is a great way to produce fruit right in your own backyard. Even apartment dwellers can harvest fruit from the balcony!
Urban Fruit Trees: Creating an Edible Landscape for a Small Scale Harvest
Planting fruit trees in backyard (or front yard!) spaces provides an abundant harvest for years to come.
Get Fresh: Growing Microgreens Indoors for Year-Round Salads
Discover the best microgreens to grow as well as how to grow microgreens indoors with this handy guide to growing wintertime salads.
Growing Popcorn Microgreens for Healthy Snacking & Salads
Popcorn shoots — or microgreens — have a delicate sweet flavor. Grow them on a windowsill for fresh greens year round.
Start a Container Garden in Your Urban Back Yard
Vegetable container gardening is a good option for urban gardeners and easy to do! Make your limited space productive – tips for growing vegetables in pots.
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author and certified Master Food Preserver, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
I’m thrilled that my book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (National Geographic Books) was awarded the best how-to book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Here at Attainable Sustainable, I aim to encourage readers — that’s you! — to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
Limited on space? Don’t let that keep you from growing some of your own food! In my 5-Gallon Garden course, I’ll show you how to grow food in the space you have! Learn more about it here.
