Up to $1,200 a year of fresh herbs, salad greens, tomatoes and berries, grown in pots on your porch, patio or balcony. A hundred plants, each with its own step-by-step guide, written in plain words and large print. No big garden, no strong back, and no green thumb needed.
Herbs, salad greens, tomatoes, peppers, berries, fruit trees, microgreens and edible flowers. Every plant comes with quick facts, care, harvest, the best varieties for pots, quick fixes, a timeline, and a shopping list with typical prices. Start this weekend with ten pots and a bag of potting mix.
Written for real people, not farmers. Three ready-made plans take you from a 10-pot balcony to Frank's 45-pot porch, and the Savings Tracker shows you, in dollars, what your pots gave back.
Every number here comes straight from the book: the value of a good season at ordinary U.S. grocery prices, and what each plan costs to set up and keep going.
The money is in fresh herbs, salad greens, tomatoes and berries: expensive at the store, quick to spoil, and eaten every week.
| Plant | Card | A good season |
|---|---|---|
| Basil, 2–3 plants | No. 3 | up to $50 |
| Cherry tomato | No. 1 | up to $40 |
| Leaf lettuce, window box | No. 4 | up to $40 |
| Arugula | No. 16 | up to $40 |
| Swiss chard | No. 22 | up to $40 |
| Kale, 2 plants | No. 10 | up to $40 |
| Fig tree, once settled | No. 21 | up to $40 |
| Pea shoots, winter tray | No. 18 | up to $40 |
The first season pays for your pots, your mix and your fruit trees. From the second year on, the Full Porch puts you ahead by up to about $1,000 a year.
Read it front to back, or jump straight to the plant you want. Every edition has a clickable table of contents and an index of plants.
Everything you need to know before you plant.
Which plants pay you back, and how much.
Vegetables, herbs, greens, berries, fruit, and more.
What to do in spring, summer, fall, and winter.
Harvesting, keeping, and cooking what you grow.
Reading your plants, gentle fixes, and keeping everyone safe.
Print them, use them, stick them on the fridge.
Here's the strawberry, as it looks on a phone. Big type, clear steps, and a shopping list you can take to the garden center.
Frank grew up spending summers on his grandparents' small farm in rural Missouri, where his grandmother, who lived through the Great Depression, taught him that nothing good should go to waste.
He spent his working life as a mechanic and shop foreman. When he and his wife moved to a smaller house with a small backyard, a bad back made a big in-ground garden hard to keep up. So he started growing in pots, and he was surprised by how much food came out of so little space.
Today Frank grows vegetables, herbs and fruit on his back porch and in his small backyard, and he shares what he has learned with anyone who wants to eat fresher and spend less.
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Instant access: the download link lands in your inbox right after payment. Read it on your phone, tablet, computer or Kindle, and print the bonus pages at the kitchen table. 7-day money-back guarantee: if it's not for you, just email and you'll get a full refund.
100 foods you can grow in pots, with a complete guide for every plant, three ready-made plans, and five printable bonuses.
Yes. That's exactly who it's written for. Start with the Balcony Plan: ten easy containers, mostly herbs and salad greens you'll use every week. Every plant has a step-by-step guide, a timeline, and a shopping list, so you always know what to do next.
That's plenty. The Balcony Plan fits on a small balcony, a front step, or a sunny corner of a patio. Winter trays of pea shoots and microgreens grow right on the kitchen counter.
Faster than you'd think. Sunflower microgreens are ready in 8–12 days, pea shoots in 2–3 weeks, and baby lettuce and arugula in 3–4 weeks.
The Balcony Plan costs about $140–200 to set up, and it usually pays for itself in the first season. The book also gives you ten ways to spend less, like 5-gallon buckets, fabric grow bags, and starting from seed.
Yes. Everything is timed from your own frost dates, and the book shows you how to find them. The Planting Calendar works for any U.S. region, with notes for the warmest parts of the country.
You get three files: a large-print PDF for your phone or tablet, a Letter-size PDF for your computer and printer, and an EPUB for Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play Books. Print as many copies of the bonus pages as you like.
The book has a whole chapter on it, and every plant has “Good to know” notes on anything to watch out for.
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A tray of sunflower microgreens on the kitchen counter is ready in 8–12 days. A pot of basil on the porch gives you a store box's worth every week all summer. $29 once, instant access, 7-day money-back guarantee.
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