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Garden design idea 💡
When planning a garden for the year it is important not to be set in your ways and just keep repeating the same exercise from previous years.
Early beans: Starting broad beans 🫘
These fast growing beans can be planted in the autumn to over-winter or in early spring (February/March) for a summer crop. They grow well in soil or in containers.
https://kitchen-garden.be/diary/early-beans-starting-broad-beans
Vertical Gardening 🏡
In the urban city garden there is often no option but to use vertical space. Ground conditions in a city space often mean dampness and an increase in slugs and snails at ground level.
https://kitchen-garden.be/gardening-why-garden/vertical-gardening
Early tomatoes 🍅
While it is still still too early to start summer tomatoes from seed indoors (end of February), it is well worth starting some Russian and Eastern European tomato seeds.
February winter weather 🥶
A lot of gardeners hold that a wintery February month is a good sign for a later spring, as though getting the heavy winter weather out the way in February bodes well for March and April.
Heirloom Seeds 🌱
It is generally accepted that an heirloom vegetable is an old cultivar that is “still maintained by gardeners and farmers particularly in isolated or ethnic communities.”
https://kitchen-garden.be/gardening-why-garden/heirloom-seeds
Starting shallots 🧅
The shallot is an easy to grow type of onion that is known for its excellent flavour. It grows well in soil but is also very productive in containers, ideal for the small city garden…
Planning for summer ☀️
Summer may be some way off but it does no harm to start thinking about just what you want to achieve in the garden (or on the balcony) this year...
Compost: Growing Soil 🪱
Creating a good “living soil” is best achieved with the regular addition of composted organic material to the soil. Making your own compost therefore becomes an essential part of good gardening practice…
https://kitchen-garden.be/gardening-why-garden/compost-growing-soil
Compost, growing living soil. The foundation of any garden is soil. It consists of a mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids, and the countless organisms that together support plant growth. Soil should be considered a living medium in the garden, full of life and integrated with the surrounding environment.
Starting chilli peppers 🌶️
Mid February to mid March is the time to get started with these slow growing plants so when the summer comes the plants are ready to sit outdoors.
