Enhancing a Small Outdoor Space with Vertical Gardens

The Cottage is on the Lettuce Grow blog today in a feature entitled: You Don't Need to Live Large to Live Beautifully: 6 Space Enhancing Tips From Whitney Leigh Morris. (Click here to read.)

Even the tiniest slice of outdoor space surrounding your home can be transformed into a functional and tranquil retreat without much effort. A stoop, driveway, porch, or miniature garden can all be effective ways to enlarge and enhance your living space.

Tailor your outdoor oasis to suit your style and the members of your household, being sure to keep your climate and safety in mind when selecting furnishings and accessories.

If you have an outdoor area—and even the slimmest balcony will do—don't miss the opportunity to make it into a practical yet dreamy retreat.

I’m sharing 6 tips for livening up a lil' patio via the Lettuce Grow blog— click here to read.

Growing Food in a Small Space

How do we grow some of our own food in very limited square-footage? Vertically!

We are extremely lucky to have a small but highly usable garden space (which also serves as a shared thoroughfare with our neighbor), but for several reasons we’ve chosen to use it as an outdoor living space.

So, in order to produce veggies, herbs and fruit this year, we’re converting our sunny 8’ porch into a tiny house grow zone!

It’s is still very much a work in progress, but we started it all off with two Lettuce Grow Farmstands, enabling us to grow 72 plants within about 4 sqft.

The stands are made in the USA with plastic recovered from coastal communities lacking recycling facilities.

They require only a fraction of the amount of water needed for growing in soil, which helps here in drought-prone Los Angeles.

We’re just getting started, but already Adam has made meals using greens from the stands.

We’ll continue to share our grow journey with you throughout the year.