This short-e guide is aimed at the majority of us who live in terraced houses, high rise flats, town houses and semi-detached properties with little more than a postage stamp for a garden and often nowhere to grow but the patio. If you have access to sunlight, you can grow at least some of your own food, and in this world of globalisation, where our produce is flown in from the far corners of the earth, growing your own has some amazing consequences. So don’t sit frustrated at the space you have; don’t give up before you even start. Get out there and grow something. As well as an introduction to the patio environment this guide also contains an A-Z of Vegetables to grow on your patio. Paul Peacock is Editor of Home Farmer Magazine and has written extensively for the Gardening Press. Educated at Leeds and Manchester universities, Paul has a guiding principle in mind for all his writing: people are at their best when in the garden. He is a prolific author of books on gardening and self-sufficiency.