How does your garden grow?

[sister herb]

The first harvest - spinach. Excellent quality, leaves are crispy, juicy and healthy.

And here is the result: spinach turkey pie.

I have still more spinach in the garden.

 

[colinberry1]

Hi sister herb, spinach looks good, what is the variety.

 

[sister herb]

Spinach "Bazaroet"

 

[sister herb]

Spinach and carrots together:

After few days I harvest spinach and then carrots have more space to grow bigger.

 

[Simple_Person]

Spinach and carrots together:

After few days I harvest spinach and then carrots have more space to grow bigger.

I have HEARD that carrots need A LOT of water is that true? Also Lets say a bucket of 10 liter, can i grow some carrots in it? (2-3 carrots)? Just for the sake of having the experience of growing carrots.

 

[sister herb]

Yes, carrots need quite much water as if soil is too dry their roots may get cracks. In 10 liter bucket you may get about 10 carrots. Carrots should to be minimum 5 cm away from each other. Lime, potassium and boron are needed fertilizers for them. Note that if you have limited space (like bucket), the risk of over-fertilization increases.

 

[sister herb]

Weather has changed warmer and zucchinis started to grow rapidly. This one made two flowers to one stem:

Yellow fruit:

More flowers:

Shark fin melon has started to make long stems:

Giant pumpkin too:

Round pumpkins:

 

[Simple_Person]

Weather has changed warmer and zucchinis started to grow rapidly. This one made two flowers to one stem:

Yellow fruit:

More flowers:

Shark fin melon has started to make long stems:

Giant pumpkin too:

Round pumpkins:

May i ask why you only plant shark fin melons? (that kind of cucumber)..Or is the regular cucumber too less to provide your whole family?

 

[sister herb]

May i ask why you only plant shark fin melons? (that kind of cucumber). Or is the regular cucumber too less to provide your whole family?

Unfortunately my garden isn´t enough big to grow everything I want. We do eat other kind of cucumbers but I like those shark fin melons as they grow well (what is surprising as they are from tropical areas) and for getting them in here, as they are very rare variety in my country, you have to grow them by yourself. Other cucumbers I can buy from the grocery stores but not shark fins. I had cucumbers some years ago but as I wrote - I should have much bigger garden.

 

[Simple_Person]

Unfortunately my garden isn´t enough big to grow everything I want. We do eat other kind of cucumbers but I like those shark fin melons as they grow well (what is surprising as they are from tropical areas) and for getting them in here, as they are very rare variety in my country, you have to grow them by yourself. Other cucumbers I can buy from the grocery stores but not shark fins. I had cucumbers some years ago but as I wrote - I should have much bigger garden.

When space is limited (speaking with experience), the sky is where we should go towards . I am planning to change the poles from the washing lines to almost underneath the balcony of my neighbor upstairs. So the plants can grow and grow. The konsa cucumber of mine just like 1 of the tomato plants already are reaching the height of the washing line. You could make those grape-roof-structures. Let the plants that like to climb, do just that and other plants that like shade to plant underneath the structure. I am also planning when changed the line for the plants to grow, to put a grape fine in a large bucket and let it grow the line. Also having blackberries to climb the middle line. Gonna make a oasis on my balcony full of edible plants/fruits. in'sha'Allah.

Also as an update. For the coming years i will not grow the Vert Petit de Paris (little cucumber anymore). Too much work for too little. The taste also isn't that different than the other cucumbers. I have i BELIEVE found why they taste so bitter. It is not the skin, but rather infrequent watering (read online). So gonna try that also.

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[sister herb]

Well, I know that almost every gardeners always want more and more plants and space but you also must to know your limits. I had before vegetable garden at the countryside (we have summer cottage there) and at the first year I had small garden but year after year I made it bigger and bigger until it was huge. I had everything I wanted to grow in there and a lot but it also meant that I had more and more work and finally I realised I had fulltime job with my garden with no rest. So, smaller is better.

 

[Simple_Person]

Well, I know that almost every gardeners always want more and more plants and space but you also must to know your limits. I had before vegetable garden at the countryside (we have summer cottage there) and at the first year I had small garden but year after year I made it bigger and bigger until it was huge. I had everything I wanted to grow in there and a lot but it also meant that I had more and more work and finally I realised I had fulltime job with my garden with no rest. So, smaller is better.

I am not saying to have a larger garden as i agree with you, a bigger garden means more to do. However the amount of space that you do have, use it to it's limits. As if you are walking to a well kept jungle ..all vegetables and fruits everywhere ;D.

 

[sister herb]

Here was continuously rain almost 24 hours and after that, garden looks much greener than before:

Herb corner:

A lot of lettuce:

 

[Simple_Person]

Here was continuously rain almost 24 hours and after that, garden looks much greener than before:

Herb corner:

A lot of lettuce:

Rains contains nitrogen(N). In other words nitrogen in liquid form so plants can easily absorb it and use it resulting in leaf growth aka more green.

Just recently was reading a book about "new healing - what doctors don't tell you". It contains some good information so far. Like they were talking about ions in the air. Positive and negative ions. Positive ions did rather harm to an individual (raised blood levels of serotonin where negative ions decreased them". In other words raised levels of serotonin being bad for you if you are a "weather-sensitive" person (very sensitive to what weather there is). To get more negative ions it said at the end of the story to surround your self with a lot of plants/indoor constant running water such as a fountain or even a good-equality air ionizer.

Well i guess the MOST natural and best way is just to surround yourself with a lot of plants. Which could indeed also confirm why people in cities are more down than ones that do not live in cities. As i also have noticed that at my previous house i was more down while here having almost a jungle on the balcony side of my flat i have not felt any depression. Maybe also because having at least 8 hours of sun if there is sun on the balcony side (south). Or just a combination of all the things.

Anyhow keep those plants growing and talk to them. They love when you talk to them (CO2)

 

[sister herb]

Sweet paprika:

 

[sister herb]

Garden views:

 

[Simple_Person]

Garden views:

 

[sister herb]

Yellow zucchini, the biggest one is ready for harvest:

And more is coming soon:

Green zucchini:

Beef-steak tomato:

Basil buckets:

Basils grow also in the garden bed:

Pea is flowering:

Creepers (runner bean, morning glory, garden nasturtium and one sunflower with them) grow well:

View to the garden today:

 

[sister herb]

The last lupin:

Day lily:

European goldenrod:

Anise hyssop:

 

[noor grant]

Salaam alaykum wa rahmatullahi,
I don't have a garden except what you seen in this photo! lol
Its my hot pepper plant and its growing nicely. I am starting sloooooowly