Balcony Gardening – Growing your own The biggest lesson is that it works! This summer I’ve bought aubergines, garlic, coriander and courgettes. For the rest of the summer (from around the start of June), my vegetables and herbs have been entirely home grown. I’m rather impressed by that. For someone living alone it has...
I was recently sent a few samples of Dreamfields Low GI pasta. Now, isn’t it everyone’s dream to have comfort foods that are good for you? Whilst low GI foods are not the same as low calorie foods, I am told they are much healthier and you will find some diets that are based...
Balcony Gardening Progress OK, it’s getting toward the end of June. The weather here in London started really well, but lapsed into English summertime pretty early on (by which I mean it got cold and rainy!). So my balcony gardening came to a standstill and some of the things I hoped would be ready...
Millets Farm Pick Your Own Fruit and Vegetables I was lucky enough to be invited to spend the afternoon at Millets Farm, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire. What do you do if your Balcony Gardening crop fails or if you find that you simply can’t grow certain things? Well, Pick Your Own is a pretty...
Expecting Vegetables Soon – Balcony Gardening I am getting very excited. My balcony gardening is beginning to look as if it will bear fruits (well vegetables and herbs). I have a real proliferation of pea pods and when the sun shines through them, I can see the peas inside growing. I’m quite impatient and...
I’m really pleased to report that there are pods on their way! I planted 5 pea plants this summer – a couple survived the snails without any damage, the others are a little battered but still growing. As you can see, the strongest plant is now in bloom and there’s even a baby pea...
This is the first year I’ve tried growing more than tomatoes and herbs on my rather small roof terrace so I am a complete newbie to balcony gardening. But, having been given 20 packets of vegetable seeds, I’m now experimenting with Balcony Gardening with a vengeance. So far the fruits of my labour are...
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