My Kingdom

Welcome to the blog of the Urban Veg Queen, this is the blog of a small garden in the middle of Leeds. I have been trying different things for a few years now working on the best plants for small urban spaces.

First is looking at the space I have to work with. One small South facing garden at the front of my house which is completely paved over but the amount of sun it receives makes it ace for growing crops like tomatoes, strawberries & chilies. An urban environment also makes good for these crops as cities are usually warmer. This is my space as it was a bit earlier this year. The plastic coldframe from Morrisons has been replaced by a proper eBay model below. Basically every plant in this garden just about has to be potted.



This however is a great space for starting off
seedlings and hardening them off. I plant crops that need deep roots in green sacks from the Pound Shop. They're fab for potatoes and carrots.








My second space is at the rear of the house and is therefore North facing, most veg gardeners know a North facing garden is hard work as not much grows in shade. So the challenge is finding what will thrive I also intend on using this space to help local wildlife. The pigeons and sparrows already seem to love it and we get Blue Tits nesting most years but I want to make it a wildlife paradise for everything, after all every creature has a role to play in the garden.

This is the space as it is at the mo (ending at the gate just across that council field is Leeds town center). I have put in a herb garden to the right which I'll tell you all about in my next post.
But yeah pretty barren we had to combat a creeping buttercup problem hence the black weed fabric and rug. Now it's gone it's time to start work and keep on top of it.