Vegetable Gardening

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A good tip for growing lettuces in containers is to use one of the 'multihole' hanging pots - just plant a lettuce seedling in each of the holes. The easiest way I know to get tomatoes to grow is to mush up overripe tomatoes and cover them with soil - free seeds and you can choose a variety of tomato like cherry or yellow pear that is smaller for growing in pots! Easy grow flowers Calendulas are very easy flowers to grow and you can even use the petals in salads. These flowers seem to self-seed and care for themselves. Vegies by the tub You can grow any vegetables in tubs. I haven't had to buy tomatoes for months! I purchased a punnet of six cherry tomato plants, placed three in one tub immediately and kept the other three in the small container they came in for three weeks before planting in another tub to stagger their growing period. This meant that by the time the first tub of tomatoes had finished producing, the second plant was ready and I was able to keep picking the fruit for another month or two. This gave me a steady crop of tomatoes from December until Easter. You could do the same with carrots, parsley, garlic, onions or lettuces.