Growing guide
Growing guides for small spaces
Practical growing guides for vegetables and herbs that thrive on a windowsill, balcony or shelf. Per plant: how much light, what pot depth, when to sow and when to harvest.
Start with your space
A windowsill garden: what can you actually grow indoors?
Forty centimetres deep, behind glass. What grows there depends almost entirely on which way your window faces.
More about this spaceA balcony vegetable garden: starting with what you have
More room than a windowsill, but also wind, heat and a weight limit nobody mentions.
More about this spaceGrowing on a shelf or in a grow cabinet
No window needed. With a lamp and a shelf you grow all year, December included.
More about this spaceOn the windowsill
Growing basil on a windowsill
The herb everyone buys and everyone kills. Here is how to keep it alive.
EasySowing and growing radishes in a pot
Four weeks from seed to harvest. The fastest way to find out whether growing is for you.
Very easyGrowing loose-leaf lettuce in a pot or trough
Sow once, harvest for six weeks. The best return on a small trough.
EasyGrowing parsley in a pot
Three weeks of patience at germination, then half a year of harvests from the same plant.
Easy, if you are patientOn the balcony
Growing cherry tomatoes on a balcony
The plant that turns a balcony into a garden. Asks the most attention, gives the most back.
ModerateGrowing spinach in a trough
A cool-season crop: sow in spring and again in late August, skip the summer.
EasyGrowing rocket in a trough
Four weeks from seed to salad, and the cooler it grows, the milder it tastes.
Very easy