Project:

Turn your backyard into a veg plot,

to grow your own and to enjoy being outside.

Grow Your Own | The Urban Garden

My house mate says "I should live on a farm" - I think he is right!
You can take the boy from the country, but you cant take the country from the boy.

 Satisfaction from seeing the transformation of life into your garden. That is being put to good use to grow your food and spend time outside to enjoy all the hard work.

"Knowing where your food comes from and knowing how its grown is a beautiful thing"

Real food abundance journey...
A list of agricultural principles



Creating a useful area from a tiny garden:


  • Preparation
  • How to grow at home. Seed to harvest
  • Using containers to plant
  • Permaculture and no dig
  • Recycling
  • Ongoing
  • Mindset
  • Being creative
  • Connect to Nature
  • Encourage others to grow their own
  • Community, exchange your produce or give to those in your community.
  • Work together in a win win for both parties with a fair exchange or for a fair price.


A functional space for growing the basics with a usable living area.

I am transforming my garden into a place to grow my own and a place to enjoy. I am building a conservatory and collecting items; a water trough for planting, stone slabs for a sitting area, and a compost bin. 


Once you decide to change your outdoor living space, you start focusing your time and energy. Bringing out your creative side, that make's the whole project so much more enjoyable, as you see your garden come alive.

The Urban Garden Project




Growing vegetables in containers and pots

Creating an area to grow your own, in a small garden plot, that is also used to enjoy, relax and entertain in.


Growing your food rather than buying it from the supermarket, is very satisfying.


The benefits of growing in containers:


  • Beautifies a place and helps keep you connected to nature.
  • Small and manageable
  • Retains moisture for longer
  • Mix your own soil for the individual veg plants 
  • Weed and pest control is easier
  • More produce
  • Start the growing season earlier in the year



I will divide the large containers. One to grow salad, the other for carrots and potato's this season. As I am too late to grow garlic and onion. 

I will also grow tomato's and chillies, as I have now found a small tomato house. The small ports I will grow herbs and anything else.

Plus some flowers in between the pots. 

Possible, grow an apple or pear tree that can be trained.


Useful links:



Access tomato house and planting trough

First seeds planted - Millefleur yellow vine tomato's.


Started off on the window seal indoors, now moved into the conservatory to slow the growth down.


Start of the self-sufficient ongoing project and mindset.








Millefleur yellow vine tomato's