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Farhad A.1d ago

The park next door installed a neighborhood compost system handled by the city.

People use it a lot and every now and then we get the compst from them.

I signed up with their mailing list to get a message when it's available, because last time I almost missed it.

Went for a walk with Mellie and brought a 20L bag with me. Filled it up and brought it home.

Mixed half of it with 10L of coco peat and used the most of the other half on my tomato pots.

Still have some left.

I really like #compost. It smells so good and gives a boost to plants almost immediately.

#Balconygarden #ContainerGarden #OrganicGarden #GrowOwnFood #France #Antibes

Farhad A.3d ago

I'm so anxious to see how these black tomatoes turn out.

I've been waiting patiently for them to be ready and TBH have no idea how to see it, I just touch them to see if they are soft, but they are all solid Iike a rock.

I've about 30-40 of them , from walnut to green bean size and they seem to stay at walnut size and don't grow any bigger.

Watering it with a 1L milk bottle (have a small hole in it), twice a day and it seems to be healthy and growing taller and have new flowers.

#Gardening #BlackTomatoes #Tomatoes #containergarden #BalconyGarden #OrganicGarden #GrowOwnFood #SouthOfFrance

Farhad A.4d ago

Didn't realize that the drain holes of this bucket were all blocked and the roots of my tomato were choking.

Even after opening up the holes and getting rid of excess water, it did not recover.

I'm hoping that it might come back later and waiting for these tomatoes to rip.

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

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6d ago

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

#GrowYourOwn #greenWitch #ContainerGarden

Sprouts & Scraps Jun 8

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Farhad A.Jun 6

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.

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

Farhad A.Jun 5

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
#balconygarden #ContainerGarden #OrganicGarden #Gardening #GrowOwnFood #France #CompanionPlanting @gardening

Dr. Sassy Jun 4

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