You can't grow vegetables in a small place at home? These places are all vegetable garden reserves.

Many city friends want to have their own family vegetable garden, but due to the lack of space, it has been difficult to achieve. Indeed, most units live in the city, and even if there is a small courtyard, the area is usually not too large. But as long as you choose the right way and type of growing vegetables, a small windowsill can also become a family garden. Come and see how to grow vegetables in the following urban family environment.

Small courtyard

If you have a small courtyard in the city, it couldn't be better. You can grow most of the vegetables suitable for the city's survival. But according to the orientation of the courtyard, choose varieties of vegetables that like yang or endure yin.

If the open space is large, you can directly reclaim a few meters of vegetable garden on the ground, and then choose vegetables of different harvest seasons and different plant heights to create a more beautiful family garden.

If the space is small, you can choose multi-layer planting boxes, or hanging planting boxes, but also a variety of melon planting and other vine vegetables, rational use of three-dimensional space, the landscape effect may be better!

Roof

For friends who are really not suitable for growing vegetables in the small courtyard at home, they can also choose to grow vegetables on their own roof, and friends who live in the community can also grow vegetables on the roof after negotiation with their neighbors.

Sufficient light on the roof can best meet the needs of vegetables for light, so that vegetables can thrive! The vegetable varieties with different height, color and harvest time are selected in the layout.

There are many ways to grow vegetables on the roof. You can build a planting pool with brick directly on the roof, or even plant it on the ground directly after laying a waterproof layer. The roof of the unit in the community is suggested to use foam boxes and planting boxes with a lighter weight, so it is not easy to damage the roof.

balcony

For most urban residents, the balcony garden is the easiest to achieve. Although the balcony space is limited, but as long as the rational use, can also let the family eat their own fresh vegetables every day.

It is recommended to choose some fast-growing varieties that occupy less space and are easy to grow on the balcony, such as lettuce, oil wheat, tomato, spring onions, ginger, garlic and so on.

In the way of planting, in addition to soil culture, it is also very suitable for hydroponics, and even a variety of sprouts can be grown with a piece of paper, which not only takes up a small space, but also very clean and hygienic.

Window sill

In addition to the balcony, the windowsill can also be used to grow vegetables, but pay attention to the selection of varieties. Because the larger plant type will affect indoor lighting, you can choose vegetables with shorter plants and short growth period, such as Chinese cabbage, cherry radish and so on.

North windowsill can also grow vegetables, garlic, leek and other shade-tolerant vegetables can grow well here, and even maintain them in the living room and kitchen with only a certain amount of scattered light.