With temperatures forecast under 5 degrees for the next week or so there is not much opportunity for starting new plants in the garden. The broad beans, garlic and onions …Read More about January gardening
With a few tricks winter salad can be planted throughout the winter months. In general, it should be planted late summer or early autumn but as winter in Belgium often …Read More about December: Winter salad
January is the quiet month outdoors. The winter crops (garlic, broad beans and onions) are in the pots and beds and waiting for the big frost and snow. Winter salads …Read More about January: Starting Chilli Peppers
Summer may be some way off but it does no harm to start thinking about just what you want to achieve in the garden (or on the balcony) this year. …Read More about Planning for summer
By Mark Willis. Images in article © Mark Willis. Most people think that growing potatoes needs a lot of space. It doesn’t. You can grow potatoes on a patio or …Read More about Growing potatoes in containers (part 1)
The first rule of kitchen table gardening is keep it clean. A heavy plastic table covering works well. For those gardeners without the luxury of an outdoor heated greenhouse the …Read More about Kitchen table gardening
While it is still still too early to start summer tomatoes from seed indoors (end of February), it is well worth starting some Russian and Eastern European tomato seeds. These …Read More about Early tomatoes
Welcome to our Brussels Kitchen Garden This diary is about the small kitchen garden behind our … Read More about About The Garden
The purpose of this blog is to show and compare vegetable growing in a small urban garden between … Read More about Balcony Garden
In a lot of old townhouses particular to Brussels there is a basement garden door below ground level … Read More about Basement Garden
The raised bed in the garden is a simple soil filled wood construction 5 metres long by 1 metre … Read More about Raised Bed Garden
