Square Roots – Garden experiments on 1.5m²

An Urban Girl With Light Green Fingers

   May 28

Small update – stuff is sprouting!

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!

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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 11

Greenhouse and Colourblind Tulips!

I fear you no more, threat of light night frost; I got a greenhouse! My mum was lucky and got a hold of a small metal-and-plastic greenhouse (49*69*126cm) in one of the supermarkets near where she lives and brought it over. It fits perfectly on my balcony, and meant that I could plant my peppers [...]

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   Mar 10

Shopping Spree!

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 [...]

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