It is always very reassuring when the first tomato flowers appear. A bad frost when the plants are small can leave you with flowerless plants and no tomatoes. The flowers …Read More about Tomato flowers 2015
Beans produce a range of bright coloured flowers before the beans set. Some people actually grow beans as ornamentals because of the flowers. They do provide some early seasonal colour …Read More about Bean flowers 2015
Visit to the opening of new community garden project in Brussels. This educational project is run by Le début des Haricots working in conjunction with the Brussels regional authority. It …Read More about Community garden project – Le début des Haricots
There are a number of ways to grow potatoes in a small garden. In this garden they are grown in patches among other plants around the garden. Potatoes are good …Read More about Garden potatoes 2015
At this time of year there is an excess of green material and leaf material for composting. This simple wire mesh basket works well for a temporary storage. The material …Read More about Leaf bin 2015
There is nothing nicer than a tomato plant laden with fruit. Unfortunately tomato blight is a reality of growing tomatoes and learning how to adapt to the disease is a …Read More about Tomato blight 2015
The average Brussels city garden can have a resident population of up to 2,000 slugs. Some gardeners take this personally and become obsessed with hunting each and every one down. …Read More about Slugs 2015
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
