A step-by-step guide to growing your own vegetables in small spaces like patios, decks, balconies, and windowsills.

Container gardening is the simple, economical way to grow your own vegetables without an in-ground garden. Even if you don't have a yard—or don't want to dig yours up—you can grow a bounty of fresh vegetables right on your balcony or kitchen windowsill. Container Vegetable Gardening shows how to use the latest practices of high-density gardening to grow delicious vegetables, herbs, and fruits in flower pots, buckets, planters, window boxes, hanging baskets, recycled containers, and more.

Discover how to create bountiful container gardens for big, delicious yields!

• Plant-by-plant guide to 34 popular container crops


• Inspiring ideas for 34 edible theme garden combinations


• Successful strategies for small spaces like patios, decks, balconies, and windowsills