7 Fall Crops You Can Grow in Containers Instead of Buying Raised Beds

A collection of fall vegetables including kale, spinach, lettuce, radishes, carrots, green onions, and Swiss chard growing in containers shows how gardeners can create a productive cool-season garden without building raised beds – Shutterstock

Raised beds look fantastic in a garden, but they also come with lumber, brackets, soil, measuring, digging, and the small matter of actually assembling the thing. For a fall garden, containers offer a much simpler route, especially for gardeners who want fresh vegetables without committing to another permanent garden project.

A few large pots, buckets, grow bags, or other suitable containers can hold a surprisingly productive fall garden. Better yet, containers let gardeners move plants around, place them in the sunniest spots, and bring certain crops under cover when temperatures dip.