Salad crops do not like summer heat. Trying to start salad in the summer is difficult. Fortunately, with poor weather summers, with weeks of rain and overcast skies, the gardener …Read More about Salad in boxes
Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Parsley
Parsley can be grown in soil or in containers. Notoriously difficult to grow from seed the plants, once established, provide an excellent addition to cooked and salad dishes. Two plants …Read More about Parsley
Raised bed progress
People often think of a raised bed as a soil bed a foot or so off the ground. It is that and more. By fixing a frame over the bed …Read More about Raised bed progress
Basement progress
A basement corridor can seem an unlikely place to grow vegetables but with the combination of extra shading from extreme heat and protection from heavy rain, it can prove quite …Read More about Basement progress
Stairway garden
City gardening is about growing plants on walls, paths and stairways. Besides flat roofs and regular gardens, walls are abundant in cities. Making use of these vertical spaces enables even …Read More about Stairway garden
First cucumbers
Cucumbers are great producers for small city gardens. These climbing vines grow well in containers or in soil, work well in shaded gardens and produce fruit steadily over the summer …Read More about First cucumbers