container growing productive plants in containers

CONTAINER GROWING

Productive plants in containers

Roof gardens

Hundertwasser House

public housing, Vienna

Roof gardens

Lemongrass, paw-paw and ginger

Lemongrass, ginger, pineapple and

passionfruit

Food Forest, Eumundi State School

Companion planting

The three sisters: corn, pumpkin and beans

Feed a family of three in 10 sq. m

Recipe online: Diggers Seed Club, Heronswood, Victoria

Creatures will come to visit

Who is eating our sunflower seeds??!!

Ah ha!

a Pale-headed Rosella now comes

every morning

Cut and come again – harvest the oldest leaves not the whole plant

•FRESH, accessible food

•Cheap & tasty

•Unusual garden varieties

Broccoli boxes

and window boxes

Cucumbers, silverbeet,

parsley, bush beans, peas,

lettuce, rocket, coriander

chives, basil,oregano,

rosemary, lemons & tomatoes

Watch out for possums!

Vertical stacking:

Dr John’s mini gardens

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StacknGrow Planter

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Strawberries, coriander,

spring onion, thyme, sage,

lettuce, saffron, mint

Herbs

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Tomatoes and cucumbers

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STACKING

Companion plants

Lettuce, spring onions, and carrots can all

share the light and the soil without directly

competing

Spring onions

Lettuce

Carrot

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CONTAINER COMPANIONS

TomatoBasil

CONTAINER COMPANIONS

Celery

Tomatoes and basil

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CONTAINER COMPANIONS

Bush beans

Rocket

Chives Strawberries

Peas

Strawberries

“Lotsa lemons”

Kaffir lime tree – thai curry leaf

Watermelon – support growing

fruit in a stocking

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Potatoes

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Raspberries – native or european

Bok choy, pak choy, choy sum

Pineapple

Grow your own salad sprouts: a multitude of home

sprouters are available – or use a glass jar with a stocking on the end

Non-hybrid seed varieties

(eg Eden Seeds, Diggers Seeds):

Collect free seed or let plants

successfully replace themselves

Worm farm

Compost your kitchen waste, produce your own worm compost and liquid fertiliser

Bokashi bucket

Under the sink ferment composter

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social network, links to information,

gardens, groups, events etc

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products & information

www.greenharvest.com.au

seeds, plants, products & plant info

www.cityfoodgrowers.com.au

plant information, social & produce marketplace