Gardening with Gary

Gardening Advice from an Expert

Small Space Gardening

Q. I live on a very small plot of land, less than 1/3 acre. I also have NO back yard. I enjoy to garden but, I am looking for some fruits or veggies I can plant that will look decorative enough to be in the front yard, yet produce fruit or veggies.

A. For your front yard, dwarf fruit trees would be ideal. Get them from a local nursery and they will bear for you in maybe two years. Large terra cotta containers or halved wine barrels with cherry or regular tomato, onions, herbs of many sorts, leaf lettuce, and bell peppers would be beautiful. In garden beds, try various potatoes, carrot, green bean, radish and jicama. The squash family would get too large and rambling.