Welcome!

Container Crop is here to help you grow real food in containers

Whether you’ve got a balcony, a sunny windowsill, a front step, or just a corner of your kitchen bench – because dinner tastes better when you grow it yourself.

This site is packed with practical tips on growing vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, and small fruits in pots, buckets, grow bags, baskets, and whatever else you’ve got lying around. If you’re new to growing in pots, or you’ve tried before and weren’t exactly impressed with the results – you’re in the right place.

I write about what works, what doesn’t and how to:

Make the Most of the Space You’ve Got

From growing garlic in a pot to keeping strawberries alive in a hanging basket, everything on this blog is geared toward helping you grow food at home, without needing a huge garden or fancy gear. What you’ll find here:

  • Step-by-step guides for container gardening
  • Honest advice
  • Plenty of homegrown tips

Container Crop is for anyone who wants to grow real food, even without a backyard. We’ll help you grow vegetables, herbs, edible plants, and even fruit trees in tiny spaces, whether that’s a:

  • Balcony
  • Patio
  • Front porch
  • Windowsill
  • Or Other Small Space!
A garlic plant growing out from the clay pot. Green garlic plant in clay pot.
Because You Can Grow a Garden, Wherever you are

And Yes, it’ll Taste Better

This site is built by a passionate home gardener with years of hands-on experience growing in tight, tricky, and unusual spaces. Because you really can grow your own food, wherever you are.

Join me!

Let’s Grow Something Good – One Container at a Time

If you want to get in touch or suggest something to cover, I’d love to hear from you. Thank you so much for visiting! Don’t forget to leave a comment on one of my posts, I’d love to hear from you.

Spring salad with edible flowers - pansies, lamb's lettuce and fresh broccoli and kale microgreens
Homegrown container harvest