Year-Round Gardening – Small Spaces, Smaller Budget

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Gardening is among the most enjoyable activities you can take up as a hobby. It provides the opportunity for you to enjoy the outdoors, alongside an inexpensive way to get healthy fruits and vegetables.

However, not everyone has the space and the budget to set up and manage a big garden. If you want to keep a healthy garden throughout the year but you think your tiny space of budget is limiting you, this piece is for you.

Here are some tips you can use to practice year-round gardening on a small space and budget.

 

Ways To Garden on A Small Space and Budget Year-Round 

1. Raised Garden Beds 

Raised garden beds are a great way to practice your green thumb in a small space. They can be made with wood, concrete, or bricks, plus they can also take any shape or size that suits your needs.

Suitable for growing vegetables, flowers, and even herbs; raised beds do provide various advantages. And apart from providing more space to grow plants, they also offer better drainage. Moreover, they ensure warmer soil and fewer weeds.

2. Vertical Gardening 

Vertical gardening is a great way to save space. Even when gardening on a tight budget, it can help make your small garden as productive as possible. There are two main ways to grow vertically, which include trellises and arbors.

Trellises are structures that can be freestanding or attached to another structure (like a wall). These are more suitable for herbs or non-climbing plants.

Arbors, on the other hand, are large frames with lattice work that allow you to grow vines or other plants up the sides. They are more visually appealing than trellises.

And as long as you can create supports for your plants, vertical gardening can also be done on fences and even trees.

3. Aquaponics and Hydroponic Gardening 

Aquaponics simply refers to a type of gardening that involves growing plants without soil (hydroponically), coupled with keeping fish or other aquatic animals. Nutrients generated by the wastewater from rearing fish virtually feed the plants, which in turn cleans the water and makes it suitable for the fish’s survival.

Both aquaponics and hydroponic gardening can be a great solution for small spaces, and a budget-friendly way to produce food.

4. Container Gardening 

Planting in containers is another way to garden year-round on a budget. They’re great for people who don’t have much space, as they can be placed in just about any location on your property.

They can be hung strategically or even placed on the ground depending on what works best.

To get the most out of container gardening, it’s important to choose the right container for your plants, as well as the right soil for that particular plant. You also choose to add a potting mix or compost to the soil.

Better yet, plants in containers can also be placed indoors, which brings us to the next important point.

5. Indoor Gardening and What You Need

Just like the name suggests, indoor gardening refers to growing your flowers, herbs, succulents, or veggies indoors. Although people often do it to bring nature inside, it’s an amazing solution when you don’t have much or any space outside for gardening.

Some of your options here include:

  • Grow Boxes: 

These can be a great option for growing plants indoors in small spaces. Usually made from wood or plastic, these boxes are relatively inexpensive and can take up very little room in your already tiny space indoors.

Some contain removable trays inside where plants sit during their growth period before being transferred into larger containers.

  • Containers or Pots:

Containers-like buckets or hanging baskets can be a great way to add color and texture to your indoor space. They don’t take much room, and you can even grow edibles in them indoors. You just need to ensure the location you place them receives a decent amount of light and that they get enough water.

  • Indoor Greenhouses: 

More suitable for larger-scale gardening indoor greenhouses can be an option if you have a shed or garage with some decent space, and money is less of a concern. Considering the high setup and maintenance cost, they can be a relatively expensive indoor gardening option. If you do go down this route, a greenhouse shop will be able to help you get set up.

  • Grow Lights: 

LED grow lights have become quite essential when getting started with indoor gardening. Since not all areas inside will get enough natural light, these artificial lighting systems ensure your indoor plants get enough light for their healthy growth.

Plus, there are many design options to pick from, all of which come with many different yet essential features such as automatic shutoff. With a vertical grow light bar, for instance, you can ensure adequate lighting for vertical growers or provide supplemental lighting in a greenhouse garden. The best part is that LED grow lights are cost-effective and quite reliable.

We hope these tips have helped you to create a space for gardening in your life and find the right way to do it. We know that gardening isn’t easy, especially if you’re doing it on a budget or in a small space. But with some creativity and ingenuity, we think anyone can find a way to make it work!