Just a quick update with pics! Weather’s been grey the last couple of days, but stuff is happily sprouting! Spinach racing, lettuce beating it… and even the first 2 carrots and 1 beetroot is poking out of the ground! And it even looks like I might get lucky with the rosemary this year!

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 [...]

So, I seed shopped a few weeks ago, and again today when I went to get some planting soil, buckets for planting in and another sprouting box. I’m currently waiting for the planting soil to thaw so I can fill the boxes; but since it’s close to bedtime, the actual sowing won’t be done before [...]