2017 is setting up to be another good year for growing tomatoes outdoors. The heat wave earlier in the year got the plants off to a good start with all …Read More about Raised bed tomato plants
Summer has finally arrived and the tomatoes are changing colour. After a difficult start to the year with the extreme weather in June, it is nice to see the green …Read More about Summer tomatoes
Beans are a wonderful crop for the Belgium conditions (rain and some sun). At this time of year the plants are producing lots of beans requiring picking every other day. …Read More about Processing beans
Salad crops do not like excessive summer heat. Fortunately in Belgium this is not a big problem. Growing salads works best in spring and autumn so August is the time …Read More about Changing summer salad trays
Chilli peppers are notoriously difficult to start from seed. Once established though, the small plants are remarkably resilient dealing with the heavy rains and cold nights of a Belgium spring. …Read More about Summer peppers
Cucumbers do very well in a Belgium summer, they seem to positively thrive in rainy conditions. Choosing the miniature varieties (see below) over the longer supermarket types suits the small …Read More about Summer cucumbers
The raised bed (5 metres by 1 metre) in this garden accommodates 7 varieties of heirloom tomato (see list below). The rich soil bed allows the plants to deep root (up to a …Read More about Tomatoes in the raised bed
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
