Tiny Gardens can actually be HUGE !!

Ruth and I don't have a garden of our own at the moment, so that situation combined with the lockdown effect has meant I've had loads of time for Perth Community Farm - a post about that brilliant project coming up next. There is, however, a wee kind of courtyard space at the back of our flat, and I've made a tiny garden there. It's actually been really useful and interesting, and it's made me think about how much we could accomplish with all the other tiny and larger scraps of untended ground in and around town.

OUR TINY GARDEN: tatties, mint, yarrow, sorrel, lemon balm, marjoram, thyme and my comfrey nursery (on from which I've sold plants). Also the start of our salad garden at the back and notice clover in the foreground. I've got several clover experiments on the go, I think it's got huge potential as a nitrogen-fixing-bee-friendly ground cover.

GARETH'S TINY GARDEN - this is at Gareth's osteopathic clinic and right by a road with busy traffic and also a lot of footfall, so highly visible. So potentially a huge impact for not much work or cash outlay, not just the visual impact but also good for bees.

A year ago I spent a few hours at Gareth's weeding, putting down fresh free municipal compost, rescuing the best of what was there and planting some new stuff. Since then I've done a couple more hours of weeding and then have just left it to see what happens. It's on my road up to Perth Community Farm so I can keep an eye on progress. I'm delighted to say that there's been a steady succession of flowers this year, nice to see comfrey from our own tiny garden coming along there nicely - there's always bees on comfrey plants.

A month later the succession has moved on, great to see the comfrey coming along.

Maybe there's a tiny space near you that you could do something with? Perhaps there's somewhere like that on one of your regular routes. Some things don't need much tending at all... have fun!