Types of Food Gardens

Learn how to grow microgreens and baby greens as a healthy, low-cost, easy homegrown vegetable crop you can produce indoors.

Learn what factors to consider when growing vegetable plants in containers: location, container size and material, potting mix type, and suitable crops. Explore how to build and use Salad Tables and Salad Boxes, which are homemade shallow containers used for growing leafy greens or herbs.

Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of using raised beds to grow vegetables, the materials commonly used to build the beds, and what soil to fill them with.

What type of potting mixture to buy for container gardening.

How to grow food in small spaces using containers

Use these handouts as an introductory guide to learn the basics of setting up and maintaining a vegetable garden in the ground, in raised beds, and in containers.

The University of Maryland Salad Table™ is a shallow wooden frame with a large surface area and a mesh bottom that allows water to drain. Legs of any length can be attached to make growing vegetables easier and portable.

Las ventajas y desventajas de construir un huerto en una cama elevada

¿Qué puedes sembrar en un huerto en macetas? ¡Prácticamente cualquier vegetal o hierba aromática!

What type of soil to use in a raised bed