I have several wire mesh supports that I have kept from previous years of gardening. They fit perfectly into the bottom of these plastic pots. This is a mix of 50% soil from a growing bag and 50% compost from the recycling station. It has a perfect texture and I’m looking forward to see if
This is a fine spot for another self-watering box. This wall is facing south and the patio is surrounded by bushes, so the temperature will be high when the sun hits. Unfortunately, the concrete slabs are not level and I don’t want the self-watering box to break when the water is added. I will even
Uuh, a present from 2019! I’m wondering what it is. Actually, I know: Hokkaido pumpkin seeds! And they’re very well preserved. Let’s find out what they’re capable of when they are exposed to a self-watering box. I’m planting three seeds in each hole to make sure I’m left with at least one healthy plant. Unfortunately,
This is a good spot for two self-watering boxes – or even three. The potato tower is being built to the right. This is at the end of a long driveway. The end of the driveway is packed with wild strawberry, that will have to be moved to another place. I’ll move them to the
Last year I built a potato tower bed from these concrete blocks that I found behind the shed. It didn’t go very well because a mole decided to do a sneak attack from below. I assume it ate all the potatoes from the ground and up, because I didn’t find any at all in the
The flowers on the apple tree are in full bloom. The tree grows on a steep hill in the backyard. In fact, most of the backyard is one steep hill. There’s not much space for growing food since there are many areas in the shade. The sky has a very beautiful blue color. I imagine
Autumn is here and these are apples from one of our apple trees in the kitchen garden. These are quite sour when they start dropping from the tree but we also have another tree with perfect sweet red apples that are perfect to eat right off the tree. These, on the other hand, are sour
In about two weeks a new garden adventure will begin for me, as I’ll be moving to a new property together with my girlfriend and our two small kids. What’s new for me is that this time it’s a rented place compared to our current house, which I own myself. We had a brief talk
