Rental Kitchen Gardener
Growing food. Making do. Creating a garden wherever you live.
I’m Melanie, and I’m turning the garden of our rental home into a productive kitchen garden — one bed, pot, grow bag and greenhouse at a time.
I’m not gardening on a huge country property. I rent. The garden isn’t perfect. There are weeds, awkward spaces, changing sunlight and plenty of things I’m still figuring out.
But that’s exactly the point.
You don’t need to own your home to grow your own food.
From potatoes in grow bags and herbs on a windowsill to vegetables in raised beds, flowers for pollinators and whatever I can squeeze into the greenhouse, I’m documenting the process as I go.
What you’ll find here
🌱 The Rental Kitchen Garden
Follow the garden as it develops — what I’m planting, growing, harvesting and learning along the way.
🥕 Growing Food in Small Spaces
Containers, grow bags, raised beds, greenhouses, windowsills and all the other ways to grow when you don’t have acres of land.
🍅 From Garden to Kitchen
Simple meals using what I’ve grown, alongside seasonal cooking and preserving.
📹 Watch the Garden Grow
Follow along on YouTube as I tackle the weeds, experiment with crops and gradually turn the rental garden into something productive.
Start here
Come and grow with me.
You don’t need a perfect garden, a huge budget or a house you own.
You just need somewhere to put a pot.
[Follow the garden]