Tiny Victory Gardens

Climate activist and farmer Acadia Tucker fell in love with container gardening after glimpsing its potential to produce food—lots of food. By applying select growing practices, and managing for square inches rather than square feet, she has come up with instructions for growing a small-scale farm on your windowsill, your patio, or in your dining room.
 
Her book, loaded with helpful illustrations, includes:
Tips on how to grow 21 vegetables in pots, including tomatoes, peppers, and beans
Recipes for cultivating potted vegetable gardens
Tips on finding the right container
Information on designing for small spaces—and making food gardens beautiful
Guidance on how to raise crops in pots all year long
 
Tucker also describes how to maximize the environmental impact of growing food in pots. She offers tips on attracting pollinators, shows how to build microbe-rich living soil, and explains ways to ditch harmful pesticides and fertilizers. Her goal is to make it easier for anyone with access to a patch of sun to grow food, no backyard required.