(CP aus 🦋
#LeipzigerWochenmarkt
#Opernreisen
Die #Erdbeer Sorte "Mieze Schindler" ist längst ausverkauft, sie hätte ich viel früher, noch im Winter, besorgen sollen.
OK. Dann nehme ich die sog. #ThüringerMinze nach Hamburg mit. Meine Alte ist noch in der alten Whg eingegangen. #BalconyGardening
Forecast says no more frost this year, so I took a gamble and already planted and sowed everything out last weekend. [more pictures + drip irrigation details in the post]
Dirt cheap DIY fertilizer without composting?
Hi all! I’m poor. I’m attempting to get my balcony garden started without spending more than 30 dollars. (I’m probably nuts, I know.) It looks like a good chunk of that will be going to a water hose and sink attachment so I don’t have to haul a milk jug of water back and forth a hundred times, so I’m hurting a bit on funds for fertilizer. To make matters worse, the landlord says I’m not allowed to compost anywhere in the apartment or on the property. (I would just hide it under my kitchen sink, what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her etc, but there’s other reasons why I can’t unfortunately.) Is there any option for fertilizing my plants with like… five dollars left? If I mix coffee grounds and eggshells into the soil will it do anything other than bother the local slugs? I’ve seen that stuff about letting plant scraps sit in a bucket to make “tea” but what I read said it can’t replace fertilizer - is there a way to make it so that it can? I have a bag of epsom salts, a strong appetite for veggies, and the willingness to steal the neighbor’s lawn clippings if I must. I’m also willing to accept that I may have to forgo the water hose C:
This week I have spent a lot of time staring at six herb pots on my balcony
When I was planting them I labeled each herb on the side of wooden laundry pegs because I couldn't be bothered to suss out how to make tags
Here's dill and some kind of spice fennel thing? I fished it out of the discount clearance pile of a garden store that went bankrupt last year.
Marjoram and basil are very very tiny still.
Sage and chives have given up. May have to attempt with new seeds.
Usually I've grown herbs *historically* indoors, but one of my old cats believes baby herbs are only good for eating or sitting on, so it's been a long while since I've grown any. The outdoors temperatures fluctuate wildly, and the sun and the glass windows trapping heat make the balcony a hothouse on some days, with cold nights in between, I'm surprised four out of six have made it.
I wanted oregano as well, but I haven't found seeds for that yet : (
Erde in den Balkonkästen erneuert ( Das Moos hatte schon einen richtigen Teppich gebildet, den ich aufrollen konnte) ✅
Ringelblumen gesät ✅
Salat gesät ✅
Möhren gesät ✅
Das ist jetzt das dritte was ich in den Blumenkästen säe. Wenn das auch nichts wird, warte ich, bis Aldi oder Lidl wieder Sempervivum im Angebot hat und pflanze das da rein.
#plants #pflanzen #garten #gardening #balconygardening #homegrown
How would you design a hypothetical balcony garden for maximum food production?
Assume you had access to a 6 by 6 balcony that faces south with a nice railing and (miraculously) endless access to water. Set whatever budget makes it interesting for you. How would you design your garden to produce as much food as possible? Could you produce enough to sustain yourself? How close could you get? What crops would you prioritize?
Balcony gardening and the weather
Like much of the world, the weather is getting much more inconsistent where I live. Unreasonably warm weather starts earlier, but the risk of a frost still stays relatively late. If I have plants outside right now, some days it’s too hot for cool season plants, and some nights it’s too cold for warm season plants. I’m still very jealous of people who have space for a traditional garden, but one benefit of balcony gardening is that almost all of my plants are movable, so I can really dampen the effects of the weather. Plants that can’t survive the cold, I can bring in at night. Plants that can’t survive the heat, I can move to a place that’s sheltered from the midday sun. This has allowed me to grow for a much extended season. I have pepper plants that are already forming peppers because I’ve had them outside for over a month now and just brought them in when they needed it.
Höchste Zeit, DIE jp. kulinarische Spezialität im #Frühling herzustellen #BalconyGardening :: #山椒 #SanshōPesto #木の芽味噌
Da ich heute tagsüber bei unserer Vers. unerwartet einen haftpflichtl.Schadenfall melden mußte😑, verzieht sich die Arbeit.
Dabei das Relive gucken.
So'n Wunsch! Ein Schiritrikot 😂
#Alt
Foto 1: Sanshō-Baum (genauer je 1x weibl. & 1x männl.)
Fotos 2 & 3: geschnittene Blätter verarbeiten - abschneiden, die kl. Blätter abtrennen, mahlen, mahlen und mahlen...
Foto 4: Fertig.
DanyWho 
shōchi @Fischkopp
smiletolerantly
Maija Koivula ⌘