Not everyone has room for a vegetable patch or allotment and not everyone has a garden, however, do not despair as vegetables and fruit can be grown in containers that take up little space and can thrive on windowsills, patios and balconies.

Containers should be used that will be large enough to house your plant when it is at full size. Some compact herbs thrive in small containers, although plants like mint will spread out and needs a bigger pot.

With a huge choice of salads, veg and fruits that can be grown includes strawberries to sweet peppers, aubergine and chillies plus many of the tumbling variety of tomatoes. The plants that are best for pot container growth are the ones that are compact and do not grow to a tall height such as Brussell Sprouts which can grow tall, be blown down easily and demands much water.

Some of the best plants to use in pots are potatoes, carrots and beetroot, with fruits it is apricots, figs and nectarines and even peaches. If you want to grow lettuce in a pot then go for the variety that requires pruning with taking off individual leaves rather than needing to cut the entire plant down.
There is a greater choice of plants open to you if you decide to grow them from seeds, although this requires more attention and it is far easier to grow a ready grown plant from a garden centre.