4 ways to grow food without a garden

With the Guardian reporting that royal parks in London -- like Regent's Park -- may be getting rid of the flowers and using the space for growing vegetables. Billed as demonstration gardens, these royal-parks-turned-veg-patches are meant to show the public that if growing veg can be done in a park then it can be done in your garden. The idea is to encourage people to grow their own fruit and veg -- a good idea in times of increasing food prices and interest in organics. But what do you do if you don't have a garden? It seems to me that more people want to garden but have nowhere to do it. So here are some suggestions.

Put your window boxes to good use
It's nice having flowers looking pretty in the window, but if they can grow, so can vegetables. Rikke demonstrated how easily tomato plants can be grown in a yoghurt pot her Smart Tips video, and there's no reason toms, carrots and radishes won't grow on your windowsill as well. Just water them regularly and keep an eye on them -- hungry caterpillars can get everywhere, you know.

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