The basement area of the garden sits below ground level. However beans, tomatoes, cucumbers and squash all grow well here. The plants are started above ground in the open and …Read More about Basement planting
The raised bed had about a dozen bean plants of different varieties. These cropped constantly over the summer. Beans grow well in Brussels and suit the lack of space. They …Read More about Beans 2015
Each of the support poles on the raised bed had a cucumber plant and each plant produced a couple of cucumbers. The cucumbers always do well in Brussels. These have …Read More about Cucumbers 2015
The raised bed had 6 varieties of tomato plant. These are all small varieties of tomato which produce steadily over the summer. The tomato plants benefit from being planted in …Read More about A mix of tomatoes 2015
The main crop of tomatoes, beans and cucumbers came from the raised bed in the garden. The 5m by 1m bed has an aluminium frame to the front supporting the …Read More about The raised bed crop 2015
This frame stands about 2 metres tall. It consists of aluminium tubing and plastic corner pieces. The tubing was bought in Brussels, the plastic fittings from the OC. The poles …Read More about Simple growing frame for tomatoes
Early October has the last crop of tomatoes. The tomato blight in September was particularly hard this year, damaging a lot of plants. These vine tomatoes, grown on a 2 …Read More about Last tomatoes of the year 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
