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
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
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
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
Do gardens like rain? The answer is yes and no. Rain is good to help new plants settle into the soil (always better than a watering can) and spread their …Read More about Weather report
Two or three cucumber plants in a garden will provide a steady supply of fresh cucumbers over the summer months. The smaller varieties of cucumber (Muncher and La Diva 1, …Read More about Cucumber progress
Radish are possibly the fastest growing vegetable with seedlings appearing within 5 days of planting the seed. It is the ideal starter plant for children or people new to gardening …Read More about Radish and beetroot for beginners
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
