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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Late autumn last year, I planted the tulip bulbs I bought this summer in Amsterdam – very cliché, I know, but it is what sowed the idea in my head of starting my own balcony garden. Around the same time, I also planted garlic. However, since winter came late, both the garlic and tulips managed [...]