When flowers appear on tomato plants it is a good sign that the plant has settled well in either its pot or in the soil. Growing tomatoes outdoors in a …Read More about Tomato progress in spring
Archives for June 2016
Early blight on tomatoes
Tomato plants grown outdoors do not like wet and damp conditions. This spring in Belgium has been one of the worst in years with constant heavy rain. For the first …Read More about Early blight on tomatoes
Bean flowers
Beans are one crop that really benefit from horrible rainy weather. Once the plants set flower they require plenty of water and should never be left to dry out. Fortunately …Read More about Bean flowers
Bean netting progress
Creating your own “hanging gardens of Babylon” in a city garden is every urban gardener’s dream. While using lines of string to draw climbing plants up works well, having the …Read More about Bean netting progress
Bees in spring
There is nothing nicer than to have the first bean flowers appear and the garden to suddenly become alive with foraging bees. Spring time is when bees emerge from hibernation …Read More about Bees in spring
Birds in spring
Spring time is a very important time for small birds in the garden. Around May birds such as the blue tit are nesting and can have up to a dozen …Read More about Birds in spring