I guess it's time to start training the zucchini to grow upward 🍆🥒

#GrowYourOwn #greenWitch #ContainerGarden

Stop Buying $6 Berries: The Window-Ledge Strawberry Cheat Sheet

The 10-Second Blueprint: The Plant: Day-Neutral or Alpine starts (not June-bearing). The Spot: Deck rail or windowsill with 6+ hours of direct sun. The Rule: Keep the central woody crown flush with the soil line, or it rots. You don’t need a backyard, heavy tools, or a massive budget to grow your own fruit. If you have a window ledge or a deck railing, you have all the real estate required to harvest sweet, fresh strawberries all summer. Here is the exact, fluff-free blueprint to get […]

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Today's harvest from the balcony.

Accidentally broke a branch of the cherry tomato and have a bunch of green ones on my hand..

Still can't harvest the black tomatoes. They are not ready.

This is the second batch of jalapenos, these are from the hydroponic unit.

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Many years ago, when I was on Facebook, I asked people about tips to limit the damages caused by bugs when growing strawberries.

One of the best tips was too plant leak and garlic in between the strawberry plants.

I have been doing it for years now and I've not bought any garlic for over 3 years now (I don't use it much anyway).

Today, I picked up another fully grown garlic from the balcony planter.

#Garlic
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Los poblanos en mi jardín están creciendo mucho! Pero se parecen diferentes, no? Una planta con chilis normales y la otra con pimientos mas redondos.


#peppers #tomatillos #containergarden #rooftopgarden #lgbt #gaygardener #españa #spain #Barcelona

Look what landed on my arm today. While working on my balcony garden, I felt this on my arm, at first I thought it's worm, but then I saw it.

It's a baby praying mantis.

It's so tiny (4-6mm) and so fragile. Put it on one my plants that has a few aphids on it so it can have a fiest.

I feel so lucky. They are really rare here.

#PrayingMantis #Bugs #Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #GrowOwnFood #Aphids @gardening

Oh happy day...

Finally got to pick some tomatoes.

Already ate one and going to use the rest in a smårgos with feta cheese, ham and lettuce.

I forgot how delicious homegrown tomatoes are, compared to store bought. I'm going to have enough tomatoes for the whole summer.

I may have to put couple of them in 20L sack of soil as they need more root space.

#Tomatoes #OrganicGarden #ContainerGarden #BalconyGarden #GrowOwnFood #Gardening @gardening

First tomato harvest of 2026

Found them hidden under the leaves of the pumpkin.

It seems like I'm growing 6 different tomatoes on the balcony.

#BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #CherryTomatoes #GrowOwnFood #Gardening #France
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Picked up one of the black tomatoes today, but it's not ready.

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Container garden in front of the house...
#garden #gardening #containergarden #tuin #tuinieren #pottentuin