One of the biggest problems for most organic gardeners is finding space. You may have the knowledge, you may have the experience, you may have the tools and materials for a fantastic organic garden, but if you can't find the space to get your plants in the ground or containers, your garden is just a dream. Don't let the dream fade! There are many ways to find the space for your vegetables even if your space seems limited. You just have to think outside the box, and in more than one dimension.
If you have a lawn, get rid of it, or at least enough of it to grow your garden. Lawns use a lot of resources, so why not make that space work for you and turn part of yours into a garden.
Use the space that your landscape plants now occupy. Remove those old hedges and plant attractive peppers, cabbages, kale, squash, sweet potatoes or other plants in their place.
Replace decorative trees with fruit trees. Fruit trees are attractive additions to home landscapes Consider building a raised bed on part of your patio, or using your patio as a container garden. You can even build shelves or racks to increase available space.
Grow vine plants on a trellis, wire, arbor, or your fence. You can even line your wooden fence with racks and shelves for container plants. Think vertical, and grow your garden to new heights!
I am sure you can think of other unusual ways of finding space, creating space, or making better use of available space for your gardening project, just don't let conventionalities get in the way of your healthy garden.
