In general, salad crops do not benefit from direct sunlight. This makes them ideal for shaded city gardens. They are off-season crops, usually best either side of a super warm …Read More about Salad in containers progress
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Potting up
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
Library visit
The potage-toit (soup-roof) garden on the Royal Library of Belgium in central Brussels was established in 2012 by the Brussels organisation Le Début des Haricots ASBL (“the beginning of beans”) …Read More about Library visit
Starting salad in containers
Growing salad in containers is a form of gardening most people can use in the city. The “cut and come again” system of growing a mix of salad leaves and …Read More about Starting salad in containers
Spring time composting 2
The compost runs all year. In spring the compost is turned out and the raw material from the top put aside for re-starting the new compost pile. Roughly one third …Read More about Spring time composting 2
Starting a stairwell garden
Stairs and pathways are regular features of small city gardens. Used carefully these spaces provide excellent locations for vertical-growing container gardens without impeding access. This corner of the garden involves …Read More about Starting a stairwell garden