Container Veg Growing

[JennieAtkinson]

Can anyone recommend a good book for container veg growing? My eldest son and daughter in law live in a flat, but have a bit of garden and they are getting quite keen to grow a few veg, but are complete beginners. Thought it might make a nice Christmas present.
Any thoughts. Thanks.
(Yes and I thought I would get them a subscription to GYO!!!)

[nick the grief]

Theres a book called something like the 21st century smallholder that goes into growing in Window boxes etc - sorry I can't remeber the name exactly. Failing that tell them to get a lottie & they'll have loads of room

I assume they hae a balcony do they JA? If so how about the old square foot book & they could build a raised bed out of link-a-board & grow in that.

[smallblueplanet]

Here's one on amazon - Kitchen Harvest: A Cook's Guide to Growing Organic Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs in Containers - and you can check it out by 'searching' inside it.

Book link

[Alice]

Thanks for that SBP. What a great link....... and how do you put a limk on like that.

[smallblueplanet]

When you go 'post reply' or 'quick reply'/go advanced -there's an icon (a world icon, below 'smiley') that you click on, then paste the address url/link into the window. The link name is the bit that is highlighted and you can type anything.

[SueA]

Hi Jennie, I have a book which has useful sections on herbs & container veg. but I'm not sure if it's still in print as it came out in 1993. It's 'Gardeners' World Vegetables For Small Gardens' by Lynda Brown & is from BBC books ISBN no. 0-563-36466-1.It's a paperback & has nice straightforward instructions on growing in containers or in the ground for most basic veg.

[JennieAtkinson]

Thanks for all your tips. I was a bit late in organising Christmas presents, so didn't get a chance to do this for Christmas, but dropped a few hints while we were away, and they are VERY keen, so will get organised for their birthday's in March and April.

[Alice]

Thanks for the info SBP. I haven't managed to make it work yet - but I will.

[smallblueplanet]

Every 'item' displayed on your screen has an address, a url. The most obvious place to find one is the websites' address, usually displayed at the top of the window in the address bar.

You can find the address of say, a picture on the page, by right-clicking on it and choosing properties, then paste this address in the box that appears when you click the 'world' icon (below smiley face, says 'insert link' when hovered over with pointer).

Link name here

When you've pasted the address/link make sure you've only one 'http://' at the start of the address, and call the link anything you like by typing over the 'blue highlight' that appears when you add the link.