City gardens are always restricted in their exposure to direct sunlight. Fortunately this is not a problem for vigorous climbing plants such as runner beans, cucumbers and vine tomatoes. These …Read More about Growing in the shadows
Growing plants from seed is “second year gardening.” For those new to gardening buying small plants from a good nursery is a safer option. For those however who want to …Read More about Working with small seeds
Courgettes are reasonably easy to start from seed. They can be sown directly into the soil or large containers outside but the slugs will eat the young plants. It is …Read More about Starting courgettes from seed
Spring cleaning in the garden is particularly important for people growing vegetables in containers on paved areas. As the first job of the season, cleaning off all surfaces and weeding …Read More about Spring cleaning
Gardeners love potting up (moving plants from smaller pots to larger ones). It gives them a sense of achievement. It is also important in confusing spring weather. When the forecast …Read More about Potting up
Beans Courgettes Cucumbers Tomatoes Related Articles: Planting list – week ending 1 May 2016 Planting list – week ending 24 April 2016 Planting list – week ending 17 April 2016
Growing hot peppers is something most people can do on a window sill, indoors or outside. Once established they are quite robust and do well in the limiting conditions of …Read More about Hot peppers progress report
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
