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Welcome from me too, another noob... I'd love to do mushroom again, grew them 20 years ago, great fun.

cool - a map too - but where do you stand? :mrgreen: I guess with limited space, I would grow something special....hmmm nope I owuld probably do lots of tomatoes... LoL ... One stands in the kitchen looking out the window, that's a window box, integrated into the building. (The terrace is out the b...

The real challenge will be supporting all the climbers, it is going to require some serious bamboo work. Don't know what your balcony looks like - but mine was on the top floor, so I just had some nails in the wooden side of the roof (I'm sure there's a proper word for it :oops: ), and tied string ...

I should say that I have a back garden as well, letting it go a bit wild, planted loads of seeds, every seed for themselves. It is very windy out back, more sunny, but less space, so it is the wilds vs the organised. The wilds get more sun... they both get the same weeding and watering... Once I hav...

snapdragon wrote:the book says that you can grow your beans up the corn or the sunflowers

looks like I am barking up the right anual!!



When I have my plan for supports for this jungle I'll post it LoL

I have sunflower seeds and sweetcorn seeds, on the insistance of child.

Anyone know which way up a sunflower seed likes to be planted?

Runner bean plants are on order, as a packet of seeds was 10 euros, and I only want a couple of plants.

Well for decoration and seed, the kids love the flowers so first the decoration then the seed. I bake my own bread and rolls, never been one for naroctics, far too depressing, now if we were talking about hemp, that would be another story. Give the sun flowers and the poppies a race, that's my bit o...

Hi everyone, thanks for the warm welcome. So the pumpkins are a hard one, but could be entertaining for the children, if we can get a candle in it on halloween that'll do nicely otherwise cream of pumpkin soup. Yum. I'll be happy to share some pics as it goes on. Pity that all the radishes have been...

thanks Ina, I will definately go for the beans, it is the time here for planting them so you've tipped the balance. Never considered lettuce, struck me as taking up a lot of space for what it is, but I am not familiar with the 'cut and return' type. When I make a salad I have a tendancy to use a who...

I have a a couple of big window boxes and a balcony. I am lloking for some tips on the best things to fill up a bit of space, currently have toms and pimentos growing well. Does anyone have any killer suggestions for a couple of square feet of fertile soil I have left. I was thinking sun flowers, or...

I used horse manure from a friend who has a riding school. Downside is that radishes don't grow very big, well the leaves do, but the radishes come out really small. Also seems to have attracted lots of flies. Other plants seem to like it though, tomatos grown from seed outdoors are racing along.

Hi there, I am an urban gardener, what I call xtreme gardening. I have a balcony and some window boxes. I am really hoping that this excellent foro will help us AXJs to make the most of our non-garden limited space. Currently have pimentos, tomatoes large and cherry and radishes on the go, looking t...