A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. - Gertrude Jekyll -
Little Garden in the Big City
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Featured on Toronto Balconies Bloom!
I would like to thank Toronto Balconies Bloom for featuring this blog on their website. Toronto Balconies Bloom is a volunteer project that inspires and supports residents with balconies to build successful urban gardens in the city. Thanks the great work you are doing to promote balcony gardening!
Inspiring Quote on Urban Gardening
Inspirational quote for those of you contemplating to start an urban garden:
No matter where you are you can grow something to eat. Shift your thinking and you'd be surprised at the places your food can be grown! Window sill, fire escape and rooftop gardens have the same potential to provide impressive harvests as backyard gardens, greenhouses and community spaces. Greg Peterson, Grow Wherever You Go! Discovering the Place Where Your Garden Lives, 2009, www.urbanfarm.org
Friday, 24 October 2014
Preparing for the Fall & Winter Months
The weather is changing; it's getting cooler and we are contemplating moving the planters indoors. The plants are no longer thriving and it's time for our little garden to "hibernate" until the next season...we will keep you updated in Spring, 2015...Please share this blog with other avid gardeners (those starting out or already experienced).
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Harvesting the Seeds
Saturday, 6 September 2014
Fresh Salad Anyone?
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Entertaining Bugs Bunny?..Serve Carrots
My household enjoys carrots...steamed, roasted, stir fried, in a salad, with dips.. The bright orange vegetable can be grown on any container 12" deep. I obtained seeds for miniature carrots that would not take up too much space. The thrift store had the perfect container for the carrots. The carrots were transplanted in late May as they prefer cooler spring weather. I cannot wait to harvest them in 75 days!!
Yonge carrots growing on the box |
Saturday, 23 August 2014
Bring on the Harvest!!
The little garden produced a bounty of fresh, delicious vegetables and the freshest strawberries from the hanging planter! My next door neighbor (share a balcony) could not believe that we had a garden thriving in that little balcony! We shared our garden-harvested tomatoes and vegetables.
Tomatoes ready for harvesting |
Spinach and salad mix thriving |
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