Vegarden Blog

Practical gardening advice for small spaces

Container sizes, light, watering and planting dates — the details that decide whether a small garden works. No fluff, no filler.

garden planning
Garden Planning Apps: What to Look For
An honest guide to evaluating garden planning apps, covering the five features that genuinely save work and the red flags worth walking away from.
August 27, 20265 min read
#apps
#tools
#productivity
frost dates
When to Plant: Reading Your Frost Dates
How to find your last and first frost dates, count sowing windows backwards from them, and build a planting calendar that survives a real growing season.
August 11, 20265 min read
#planting calendar
#planning
#seasons
indoor gardening
Best Vegetables to Grow Indoors Year-Round
Which vegetables and herbs genuinely crop indoors all year, which need a grow light to bother with, and which are simply not worth the windowsill space.
July 23, 20264 min read
#herbs
#microgreens
#grow lights
watering
Watering Schedule Mistakes That Kill Container Plants
Six watering habits that quietly kill container vegetables, and a reliable way to tell overwatering from underwatering before the plant is past saving.
July 8, 20264 min read
#containers
#troubleshooting
companion planting
Companion Planting Chart for Small Gardens
A companion planting chart built for small beds and containers, with pairings that actually work, combinations to avoid, and flowers worth the space.
June 25, 20264 min read
#small gardens
#pest control
sunlight
How Much Sun Do Vegetables Really Need?
Work out how many hours of direct sun your vegetables really need, how to measure the light you have, and what still crops well in partial shade.
June 9, 20264 min read
#planning
#shade gardening
containers
Container Sizes for Tomatoes, Peppers and Herbs
How big should your pots be? Litres and depth minimums for tomatoes, peppers, chillies and herbs, plus how pot material changes your watering.
May 21, 20264 min read
#tomatoes
#peppers
#herbs
balcony
How to Start a Balcony Vegetable Garden (Complete Beginner Guide)
Everything you need to start a balcony vegetable garden, from measuring light and choosing containers to picking crops and building a watering routine.
May 6, 20264 min read
#beginners
#containers
#urban gardening

Garden Planning Apps: What to Look For

When to Plant: Reading Your Frost Dates

Best Vegetables to Grow Indoors Year-Round

Watering Schedule Mistakes That Kill Container Plants

Companion Planting Chart for Small Gardens

How Much Sun Do Vegetables Really Need?

Container Sizes for Tomatoes, Peppers and Herbs

How to Start a Balcony Vegetable Garden (Complete Beginner Guide)