Starting an Edible Container Garden

Edible container gardening can be very rewarding, especially if you are someone who wants to garden with limited space. Container gardening is also a great way for beginner gardeners to begin their learning process on a smaller, more manageble scale. If you follow some basic guidelines for container gardening and take good care of your plants you are already off to a good start. I hope this video helps you get something growing! There is still plenty of time in the season to start a garden. 😀 There is some extra info and links down below!
Affiliate Link to Emerging green online store: www.emerging-g...
(hanging planters can be found here as well as all of their other lovely products)
Emerging Green Hanging Planters on Amazon: www.amazon.com...
Emerging Green Wooden Birdhouse on Amazon: www.amazon.com...
A detailed chart on choosing container size for specific garden plants: sandiegoseedco...
Don't forget to "harden off" your started plants! “Hardening off” refers to the period of time you will take to slowly adjust your plants to the area they will be planted in. This will help them to slowly adjust to the wind and sunlight your area receives. On the first day you will bring your plants outside in this spot for 30 minutes to an hour. The next day you will bring them out for a bit longer like 2 hours. The next day 3 hours and so on. This process should go on for about a week to make sure you plants are truly adjusted to their new home. It is important to keep them well watered during this period.
Lastly, I forgot to mention that the smaller your container the quicker it will dry out. Just thought I'd mention that. I always feel like I am forgetting points I wanted to make in my videos so if you have any questions please feel free to ask!

[@galedavis3198]

I have been gardening for about fourtyfive years, never tried containers but thanks to you I am going to tomorrow. Good job girl. My best to you an your beautiful little family. Always nice to see you, THANKS!

[@SmallSeeds]

Oh wow I didn’t know you are such an experienced gardener!! Very cool. I really hope container growing goes well for you! It really is nice to have everything right there in a small space. It’s quite manageable this way and there are so many great containers/container plant varieties to choose from. Thank you and much love!

[@Yellowbanana2024]

This is an excellent video. You covered all the basics while including plenty of details. 👍You could turn the audio part into a book 🙂

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

Exactly or even a podcast.

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you so much! I’m glad to hear this. That’s funny because I was thinking of making a little growing guide in the form of a downloadable pdf to share with people. Perhaps I will! 😁

[@InTheTubeNotOfTheTube]

What a great video! Not only are you growing food in your container garden, it's beautiful to look at as well. Very proud of you! Very professional and informative, thank you for your efforts. Much love to you and your beautiful family..

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you very much!! I’m really excited to share this type of content and glad you liked it. Much love to you too and hope all is well! ☺️

[@MrVinman2]

Maddy, again a great informative video as usual. Unfortunately we are not allowed to plant any small garden this year out front, so I bring my plants in and out on my window sills, which is working out fine I have about 12 nice plants that are producing babies which I separate them into another pot and donate them to my gardening friends in my area. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience so we all grow better plants properly. ❤

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you, Vince! It’s cool that you propagate your plants and share with friends. Much love!

[@karenbearden6198]

Oh, your videos are such a delight! So professional, so well done. When you were moving your hand over those herbs, rosemary, sage and thyme, I could almost smell them. They are among my favorite to cook with. The tiny tomatoes looks amazing too, and you simply cannot over use "beautiful", it's perfect for your creations! This is great advise and encouragement for anyone, (even an old timer like me, haha) Thanks so much.

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you!! Ahhh I love doing that with herbs. Just smelling them makes me happy 😊 if you haven’t tried lemon thyme yet I highly recommend it! And thanks haha. As I was editing I realized I said beautiful at least 10 times 😅 but you’re right! How else would I describe my favorite plants/things?

[@joshuadelisle]

I recommend a small olla terracotta Irrigation Pot for your grow bags. I like to drip feed our pots which can be easily controlled and less work. Fantastic video as usual. Love your content. Cheers J

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you! I was thinking of doing something like that with some recycled bottles but have been wanting to try the terra-cotta ones out too. It seems like this will be the time to try them since I am still having problems with moisture retention in the grow bags. Thank you for the great suggestion!

[@joshuadelisle]

@@SmallSeeds I look forward to seeing the development and any other new content from you. All the very best. Cheers J

[@dinergal]

Thanks for inspiring everyone! Container gardening is a lot of fun! Love your costar, she’s a beauty.

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you, Ree! It really can be lots of fun. Haha yes she is!

[@jampackedfamilycountrylivi8022]

I love the ladder with plants! Great idea

[@SmallSeeds]

Thanks! I hope all is well with you and your lovely family! I’ll have to stop by your channel soon. Sorry it’s been a bit! Just pretty busy lately. Much love!!

[@jampackedfamilycountrylivi8022]

@@SmallSeeds I know what u mean...there is so much to finish and so little time to do it

[@emilytaylor3653]

Wish I could like this video more than once. Very informative and I love the style

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you so much!

[@zacwhite1368]

Lol I was stationed at fort eustis va 2011-very early 2013 and I bought I cherry tomato plant and my daughter now 15!😳she was 3-4 years old then loved tomatoes and she came into the kitchen that one summer with this look on her face of disgust 🤣side bite I kept wondering why tomatoes came up missing well she would see a red one on pick it n eat it without me knowing it until she got a not ripped one 🤣that kid always has cracked me up!!❤ I love my daughter so much lol

[@wisconsinfarmer4742]

Nice inclusion of the humming bird.

[@SmallSeeds]

She caught me off guard that time so it was pretty blurry. Since I put the feeder up I’ve been able to get some really nice shots though! Can’t wait to share them with everyone. Hope all is well!

[@blumerlredpilledgirl8958]

Thanks for this I just ordered my herbs and will be making my container gardening for herbs.

[@tiktokdiy]

Could u do a video on what medicinal plants are the most important? Or ones that we should be growing in our room under a grow light or what medicinal plants would help You survive on an island by yourself, what seeds would u take with you? If u had to choose 10 medicinal plants which ones and why. Hahahah sorry I’m SO INTERESTED and the way you explain and edit your videos is SO GREAT! Please KEEP GOING.

[@SmallSeeds]

Those all sound like great topics! I will definitely make sure to do something like that. Just a fair warning though I am pretty slow with my video making process for the most part. Glad that you are interested and thank you so much! Hope all is well ☺️

[@northeasthardytropicals541]

Awesome! I really like the vertical gardening

[@cupsandbeans]

Well explained about potting mix, very informative video, nice presentation, plants looks very healthy, Big like 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you!!

[@LazLore]

Hello, hope you are ok, nice to watch your new creative video uploading again. Thank you for sharing this great interesting content...Subscribed to your channel.

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

Yes first!

[@SmallSeeds]

Second! 😝

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

@@SmallSeeds okay just got done watching. Lots of good tips here: shop in the winter for deals, use most whatever for containers -doesn't have to be expensive, vertical planting and more. I totally agree with you about grow bags and clay pots. They dry out way too fast for me. Glazed pots and plastic pots are a better choice in my situation. Now I am motivated to add a 1000 more container pots to my collection!

[@SmallSeeds]

@@VirginiaFruitGrower Thanks! Yeah I’m hopping I can still use the grow bags and clay pots we have in different areas where they won’t dry out too quickly. I killed a bunch of plants in those grow bags last year 😔 but I think it’s working out better this year already. Thanks for watching as always. I hope it was informative. Hope all is well with you, G!

[@james.j1066]

Yes!! Awesome content. ❤

[@Sofrt_roro_emy]

31 like thank you very good beautiful 👍🏼👍🏼🔔🔔🌹

[@agrohome5344]

Nice friend you gardeng. New friend here

[@satriatv165]

Big Like , stay connected

[@iamcameronjewell]

Thank you so much!

[@gardeningfarmerboy]

Cool!

[@galedavis3198]

Been a very long time, miss you guys, hope your all well. Love from old Marine.

[@SmallSeeds]

Gale! I hope you are doing well. It has been a while. Getting back to it very soon though. Much love!

[@galedavis3198]

@@SmallSeeds glad your all good,live a little over a mile from the crash in Palestine. Feel bad for the kids an animals. Will be watching for you to get back to work. Be safe an happy.

[@SmallSeeds]

@@galedavis3198 You be safe as well 🙏 I worry too about the residents there and in the surrounding areas. We used to live about an hour away in WV right on the Ohio river. Beautiful area. You, the land, residents and animals will be in our prayers! Looking into some relief funds as well.

[@ARJUNA_GOSONG]

aku suka buah tomat. itu enak sekali❤

[@Dontfearthereaper01]

Excellent video. I’m in a new build property on a brown field site (former cotton mill). Tried growing in pots the first year and everything literally got savaged by slugs. We have had to pave over most of the garden and put in false grass. Just bought a large kitchen planter (wooden) so I’m hoping to get some herbs and salad leaves in next weekend. I’ve also just bought some of those black fabric planters. 🤦‍♂️

[@SmallSeeds]

Awesome! I hope it goes well for you. Those wooden planters seem really nice btw! I've been thinking of trying one out myself. We have trouble with slugs sometimes too. Have you ever tried crushing eggshells around the base of your plants? It's helped with deterring slugs from eating our smaller seedlings after planting. Im finding with the black grow bags having them in the shadier area is helping. They just dry out quickly so that's the main thing to stay on top of with them.

[@Dontfearthereaper01]

@@SmallSeeds thanks for the tips! Apologies btw. I didn’t realise you were American, the accent is quite subtle and only realised when you were talking about 50 cents seeds. Brown field over here is the site of an old building torn down and new housing built on top. The soil is usually awful, if indeed it is soil. More often it’s just rubble with a lawn on top. Being able to grow plants and identifying them in the wild should be taught in schools, (at a practical level).

[@SmallSeeds]

It’s funny because I never consider the fact that I may have an accent 😆 thanks for elaborating. I agree that a lot of this information should be taught in school. I’m so happy I get to teach my daughter. Even if she chooses not to use this information in the future I’m happy she has it. Hope you enjoy the summer and have a successful gardening season!

[@abbesdimiri8839]

I invite everyone to read coran the last book of god on earth and judge it

[@SaphfireStorm]

If I wasn't already into container gardening, I would probably start after seeing this video. ♥️🌿🌱🥬

[@SmallSeeds]

Thank you! I really hope it helps get some people get started. Thanks as always, friend!