Right now, in September: Plant overwintering onion sets; harvest squash and the last of the tomatoes.

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Grow food where you are. Balcony, patio, or windowsill — no garden required.

No garden, no experience, and nothing you're not allowed to change about the space — a windowsill, a balcony rail or a patio corner is genuinely enough to grow real food. This page is the short version of where to begin.

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Answer a few questions about your space — light, container size, how much time you've got — and get a real, checked list of what will do well. No account, no email.

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Four genuine first projects, not a random sample — each one is written for someone trying it for the first time.

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A five-module course from assessing your light through to your first harvest — Balcony, Patio and Growing Skills are still in development. Want a fuller walkthrough right now instead — space, compost, watering, your first crop, one step at a time? Trythe Getting Started guide instead.

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