Over the past decade I grew a variety of different plants in my small urban garden in London using mainly containers and raised beds. I did many mistakes but today I tried not only to narrow down the best tips of what I learned over the years but also the shortcuts to do it better, so you don’t make my same mistakes. COURGETTE: - The plants can be grown vertically - Flowers are edible but make sure to pick only the elongated flowers (male). Leave some on the plant for pollination. - Harvest courgettes at any stage TOMATOES: - plant deep as the plants have trichomes along the stem which transform into roots if buried, making your plant more stable - Keep the bottom of your plant clean to avoid water bouncing back to your leaves and potentially infect the plant with soil borne disease (mulching also reduce the bounce back effect) - Use suckers (side shoots) to make more tomato plants and remove them from your indeterminate varieties so the plant doesn’t waste energy and makes it much mor...