Making a veg pot
If you have limited space or just want to grow more veg, planting crops in a container is the ideal solution. At this time of year, veg plants will grow rapidly so they’ll mature to harvest stage before the end of summer. This is also a great way to have a go at veg growing if you’ve never tried it before. Veg that are easy to grow in pots (often called patio varieties) include salad leaves, beetroots, bush tomatoes, French beans, round carrots, herbs, chillies, compact courgettes and cucumbers. Use the biggest container you can find as it will make watering and feeding the plants much easier. Ideally place it where it’ll get sunshine for part of the day. Keep the compost just damp, feed with vegetable liquid fertiliser every fortnight, protect from slugs (see page 117) and keep birds off. Finally, with many vegetables, the more you pick, the more you’ll get, so don’t forget to keep harvesting!