Small-space growing guides
Grow more in less space.
Clear, practical digital guides for windowsills, balconies and patios. No garden required.
Three digital eBooks · Nothing is shipped
The guides
Start where you are.
Three guides that build on each other. Begin with the one that fits your space.
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Guide 01 · For a windowsill
The Windowsill Harvest
A beginner’s guide to growing herbs and salad leaves indoors. Start with the window you have and follow plain steps for light, pots, watering and harvesting.
- For complete beginners
- Indoor sills and bright shelves
- Eight chapters, with an eight-week routine
Digital eBook €19,95
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Guide 02 · For a balcony or patio
The Balcony Kitchen Garden
A complete guide to growing vegetables in containers on a balcony, patio or doorstep — from assessing your space to the end-of-season clear-up.
- For balconies, patios and doorsteps
- A crop-by-crop container guide
- Nine chapters, with worked layouts
Digital eBook €29,95
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Guide 03 · For the whole year
The Four-Season Small Garden
Our most complete guide: a planning system for growing year-round in small spaces, covering succession sowing, season extension, soil care and seed saving.
- For growers with a season behind them
- A twelve-month framework
- Nine chapters, with four year plans
Digital eBook €39,95
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Why Ribea
Written for pots, not plots.
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Sized for your space
Every method is written for containers and windowsills from the start, rather than scaled down from allotment advice.
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Step by step
Plain instructions in the order you will need them, so you always know what to do next — and what to leave alone.
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Honest about the hard parts
What works, what does not, and what to do when a plant sulks. No promises of effortless abundance.
Our approach
Most gardening advice assumes a garden.
Ribea starts somewhere smaller: a sunny windowsill, a rented balcony, a few pots by the back door.
Our guides break growing down into steps you can follow in the space you already have — what to grow, what to grow it in, and what to do each week. No acreage required, and no pretending it is effortless.
Small spaces, all year
From a summer balcony to a winter patio.
A few well-chosen containers can stay productive far longer than one season. The guides show you how to get there, one step at a time.
How it works
Digital guides, simply delivered.
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Step 1
Choose your guide
Pick the one that matches your space and experience.
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Step 2
Check out securely
Payment is handled through Shopify’s checkout.
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Step 3
Receive your eBook
Your guide is delivered electronically after purchase.
These are digital products. No physical goods are shipped.
Ready when you are
Find your starting point.
Three guides, one clear path — from a single pot to a full growing year.
See the three guides