Growing A Garden On Your Balcony
One of the downfalls of living in a big city is the lack of outdoor space. Londoners are privileged to have as many big parks throughout the urban metropolis as they do, but what about personal outdoor space, like a little back garden in which to grow vegetables? That can be much more difficult to come across unfortunately.
If having a garden is of interest, there are ways around the lack of space, and that is to make the most of the available space you do have. Balcony gardening is not without its challenges but it is quite possible to grow a full garden worth of plants, flowers and vegetables.
Your Vegetable Garden Is Talking, Are You Listening?
It is a fact that your home vegetable garden is going to go through ups and downs throughout the growing season. Not just the current season but also over many years. I find in my own experiences that from one year to the next that certain crops do better than others.
For example, last year I had one of the greatest tomato crops in my many year history of gardening. This year, the tomatoes, well, lets say they are being stubborn. My cucumbers are going through the roof, almost literally, as I had to extend the height of my trellis just to keep up! Last year many of the cucumbers were sour and stopped growing altogether around the end of July. Something I had never experienced.
Herbaceous Perennials – Flower Information
Heuchera “Crimson Curls” Alumroot
Definitely too good to be a gap-filler, “Crimson Curls,” with its unassuming nature, really deserves to be noticed. The unusual aspect of this clump-forming ornamental foliage plant is the somehow creased appearance of its evergreen foliage, which is purple brown with a heavily ruffled and veined leaf structure. Delicate panicles full of coral-colored, bell-shaped flowers dance above the leaves in late spring. In addition to its appealing looks, it can be used in a whole range of possible locations, from sun to shade, all depending on the soil moisture. Most of all, it prefers moist, fertile, well-drained ground. It provides a softening contrast in front of evergreen trees and shrubs, but can also be used as edge planting in beds and at water margins. Water adequately during dry periods.
Hieracium aurantiacum Orange hawkweed