Square Roots – Garden experiments on 1.5m²

An Urban Girl With Light Green Fingers

   May 29

More herbs, dear?

So today I went to a cash-and-carry near where I live, and while in their veggie department remembered that I had a hole between my “curry plant” (which is by the way better known as Helichrysum italicum and has nothing to do whatsoever with the spice-mix curry except it smells and tastes a bit like [...]

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   May 20

Come May, Come Parents, Come Plants!

Time for a real update! As you might know, one of the biggest problems with maintaining a balcony garden – apart from lack of space – is for me getting a hold of soil. Sure, the nearest place that sells it is only 1.5km away, but you try lugging a bag of soil home without [...]

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   Jun 05

Summer in the City

Summer has finally hit Copenhagen, and I have been hanging out in the nearby huge park quite a bit – I might even get a bit of a tan this year! The fact that summer has arrived also means that I have taken the plastic off the “greenhouse”; it should be warm enough for everything [...]

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   May 24

Pics as Promised!

First off, the tubs on the floor (and yes, I know I have to sweep the floor, but I planted stuff today and spilled a bit of dirt) The balcony boxes, where I moved the strawberries to. Also, loads of lettuce! In the greenhouse

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   May 24

Goodbye Tulips, Hello Sweetpeas and Spinach!

It’s time for a bit of news from the garden! My tomato plant is flowering and has grown a lot since I got it. The peppers are looking good, but are still quite small. The newly planted basil is peeking out of the ground now. Some of the lettuce is at an edible size now [...]

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   May 13

Quick Update!

Hi! I’ve been horribly busy lately, so haven’t had time to update; sorry! Things are happening on the balcony though; especially the lettuce is growing fast, but the tomato is also showing signs of getting its very first flower! Unfortunately the weather hasn’t been awesome here; we’re still battling light night frost some nights, and [...]

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   Apr 01

Greens on Balcony!

So, today is a holiday (in fact, I’m not due back to work until Tuesday, yay!), and I decided to plant out a few things after a few days of acclimatizing the seedlings The leek get a few extra days of acclimatizing though, and the bell peppers are waiting for me to find some more [...]

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   Mar 26

First Harvest and Seedlings Almost Ready!

It’s been a while since I have updated, but work has been very busy, so just haven’t taken the time. I have however eaten the first harvest – it was of course cress It was eaten on the 18th on salmon, smoked saddle of pork and egg salad – yum! After being eaten, I planted [...]

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   Mar 17

Greens on St. Paddy’s Day!

I guess my seedlings are pretending to be Irish today – at least they’re happily sprouting! Look! As you can see, the cress is fully grown (package said 8-10 days – it was ready on day 4!). Next to the cress is the oregano – tiny little sprouts coming up there. Rosemary not coming yet, [...]

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   Mar 13

Progress, Pictures and More Garlic!

Today is a lovely sunny day, so I’ll definitely be going for a run later… but before that, I have an update to make here! First, the promised picture of my tiny balcony, where all the “action” will be going on, when spring really kicks in. Note that the kittens normally don’t have access to [...]

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