Doing a bit of kitchen gardening in the city provides access to fresh produce on a daily basis. While being able to pull together a fresh salad from the garden at a moment’s notice is very satisfying, the real art of the kitchen garden is to produce a range of crops that can be preserved …Read More about Kitchen gardening
Posts relating to growing herbs
Second Basil harvest
This year has been a good year for basil. With one harvest already taken several weeks ago it is time to take a second harvest from the plants. With luck, and a bit more summer, the remaining plants will grow out and fill out once more over the next few weeks to provide a third …Read More about Second Basil harvest
First harvest of basil
This year is proving to be another very good year for Basil (two in a row). Basil can be difficult to get started in a Belgium spring with mixed weather conditions and cold nights. Basil does not like cold or damp conditions. However, our recent heatwave and the continuing warmth means another excellent year for …Read More about First harvest of basil
Garlic: Try something new
Growing garlic is a simple way to extend the growing season of the average city garden. Garlic is planted either in Autumn for an early summer harvest or in early spring for a late summer harvest. Now (until the end of February) is the time to get early spring garlic planted in the garden. Garlic …Read More about Garlic: Try something new
Bulletin article 11 September 2016
Urban gardening: An update In the spring we heard from Allan Howard, a Scottish gardening fan who is growing his own vegetables in a back garden in Ixelles. It’s harvest time – so how has this year been? And what’s next for urban gardening in Brussels? Sep 11, 2016 ~ Paul McNally The Bulletin radio …Read More about Bulletin article 11 September 2016
Molly’s basil
Basil is one victim of the changing seasonal conditions in this garden. What used to grow like a weed around the garden now struggles to start at all. Fortunately Molly came to the rescue with a dozen fine plants grown on her windowsill in the middle of the city. Growing basil from seed usually starts …Read More about Molly’s basil