With the summer days now passed there is still time to plants some salad for use into the winter. Mustard greens and spicy leaf lettuce are more resilient in harsh weather and will produce steadily until the end of the year. A few containers or trays around the garden or balcony can keep the unemployed …Read More about Some winter greens
Archives for October 2016
Bees in the garden
The majority of bees in the world do not live in beehives. The bees you find in the garden are most likely solitary bees or bumblebees who live either in the garden or within 500 metres of it. In Belgium there are nearly 370 species of bees. Globally there are nearly 20,000 known species. Everyone …Read More about Bees in the garden
Feeding the birds
Encouraging birds into the garden might seem like an unusual gardening activity. However, most gardeners recognise the value of visiting birds in controlling insect pests. The local bird population also acts as an environmental barometer for the garden’s ecological wellbeing. A garden with birds visiting is generally a healthy garden. Providing food and water for …Read More about Feeding the birds
Fine Chilli October
This has been a surprisingly good year for chilli peppers. These small plants are ideal for window sills or balconies and will grow indoors or outdoors in Belgium. The hot spell in September this year came at just the right time for the mature plants, helping many of them to turn from green to red. …Read More about Fine Chilli October
Last of the summer beans
In normal years you can expect to pick beans from early June through to late September. Picking starts with small immature beans to encourage new beans leading on to mature beans for shelling and, if lucky, one final cropping of small immature beans to finish the year. The exceptional rain in June this year boosted …Read More about Last of the summer beans
Last of the summer tomatoes
2016 will go down in history as a good year for growing tomatoes outdoors in Brussels. After a very poor start with heavy rain in June which brought early blight for the first time, the extra heat and warmth in July and August led to a blooming of tomatoes. With no late blight this year, …Read More about Last of the summer tomatoes