early/continuous maturing vegetables

[blindaurora]

I am going to be working and living in a cabin in the woods this summer. I'll be doing alot of my own cooking, and while food supplies will be provided to me, I thought it would be fun to have a container garden (I will be near an open feild) to suppliment my diet with fresh herbs and possibly veggies. My question to you-all is this

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[altrdego]

I'm surprised to see that no one has posted here yet. I think we may be a little burnt out on the container hardening questions. There have been quite a few recently.

The truth is, you can grow plenty of stuff in smaller pots. You just need to make sure they don't dry out. There is alot less water in a pot than there is in the Earth. :-P Clay pots tend to dry out faster, so unless you are a very diligent waterer, look for the plastic one, or get a waterproofing sealant for the clay pots.

You should probably look into things you can trellis. Pole beans, Yellow Pear Tomatoes worked out great for us last year, and produced a ton. (and I'm in zone 7, so we aren't that different). You can also do leafy greens. They will help shade the soil in the pot, and help reduce the evaporation. That means less watering, and I know you'll be happy about that. Lettuce, Spinach, Chard. Even carrots, if your pots are deep enough, or your carrots are short.

Let us know how it works out.

[blindaurora]

Hey, thanks for the comment! I will go back and look at the other container posts. (sometimes I don't keep up with all my communities!). My main concern is really growing things which will feed me in June and July. I have limited space and materials, so I'm wanting to make wise choices.

I hadn't thought about leafy greens. Spinach is sooo tasty, and rare on the camp table.

Do you think a 5-gal. bucket would be deep enough for carrots?

[cinnamonbite]

I really doubt you could grow enough in pots to do more than flavor a meal or 2.
And even if you try, you'd have to be planting these things long before summer and you're going to spend most of your time watering and fertilizing super carefully because potted plants need more care and are less forgiving. And then are you going to transport them in June or are you in this cabin already?

[blindaurora]

I will be assuming my post in early May. I plan to start the plants indoors before that. My goal hear is really just to add demention and variety to the food that will be provided. My origional idea was to have a hanging basket of small tomatoes and then various containers with fresh herbs for flavoring and making tea. The rest is just pure speculation at present. I have no delusions of sustaining myself with a few potted plants! ;).

[rhodielady_47]

Chives and garlic chives! Both grow easily from seed and the seed is fairly cheap too.
Green bunching onions grow quickly from seed also.
:)