Heirloom Seeds 🌱 It is generally accepted that an heirloom vegetable is an old cultivar that is “still maintained by gardeners and farmers particularly in isolated or ethnic communities.” kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Starting shallots 🧅 The shallot is an easy to grow type of onion that is known for its excellent flavour. It grows well in soil but is also very productive in containers, ideal for the small city garden… kitchen-garden.be/diary/starti... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Planning for summer ☀️ Summer may be some way off but it does no harm to start thinking about just what you want to achieve in the garden (or on the balcony) this year... kitchen-garden.be/diary/planni... #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Compost: Growing Soil 🪱 Creating a good “living soil” is best achieved with the regular addition of composted organic material to the soil. Making your own compost therefore becomes an essential part of good gardening practice… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

Starting chilli peppers 🌶️ Mid February to mid March is the time to get started with these slow growing plants so when the summer comes the plants are ready to sit outdoors. kitchen-garden.be/diary/starti... #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

February: Strange gardening weather 🌦️ February and March are not really good gardening months. In the old days there would be a slow transition from proper winter weather (snow) into cold dry days before spring. kitchen-garden.be/diary/februa... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Raised Bed Gardening 🌱 A 12″ deep bed provides ample room for most vegetable roots. Almost any type of vegetable can be grown in raised beds... kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Starting onion sets 🧅 Onions can be started from seed but this is quite difficult. Instead, onion sets, small immature onions, are a quick way to get a crop started. kitchen-garden.be/diary/starti... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Feeding the garden 🪱 Making your own compost in the garden requires the space for a compost bin, with space beside it to turn over the compost (2 square metres). kitchen-garden.be/diary/feedin... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Growing Salad in Containers 🥗 Growing salad in containers is a relatively new approach that avoids many of the problems associated with open soil cultivation. kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

It's time for the Selkirk Grace. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be Thankit. Slàinte 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Scotland #BurnsNight

Balcony farming 🪴 The tools required for growing salad are simple. A reasonable sized plastic tray with good drainage holes and a basic growing compost. kitchen-garden.be/diary/balcon... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

New Year Gardening 🌱 January hardly seems like a time to be gardening. Indeed, November and December are better for starting garlic, broad beans and onion sets. kitchen-garden.be/diary/new-ye... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Growing Peppers in the City 🌶️ There are hundreds of types of chilli pepper. Capsicum annuum (sweet peppers and chillies) are the most common and extensively cultivated of the five domesticated capsicums. kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

January: Starting Chilli Peppers 🌶️ January is the quiet month outdoors. The winter crops (garlic, broad beans and onions) are in the pots and beds and waiting for the big frost and snow. It's time to start the chilli peppers. kitchen-garden.be/diary/januar... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

Garlic: Try something new 🧄 Growing garlic is a simple way to extend the growing season of the average city garden. Now (until the end of February) is the time to get early spring garlic planted in the garden. kitchen-garden.be/diary/garlic... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Designing a Small City Garden ✏️ Like any good workman start by deciding on the “tea area.” Picking a good spot allows good overall observation of the garden. kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

January gardening 🧅 January is onion planting time. Onion sets (immature bulbs) are the easiest way to get onions going and can be direct planted or hurried along in trays. kitchen-garden.be/diary/januar... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Winter salad planting 🥗 Early winter inspiration. Starting indoors and slowly moving young plants out, a supply of greens can be achieved throughout the winter months. kitchen-garden.be/diary/winter... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Winter planting 🪴 Autumn inspiration. The idea is to get these crops established and growing before the hard cold of winter arrives... kitchen-garden.be/diary/winter... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Starting chilli peppers 🌶️ Chilli seeds can be slow to germinate. They are shallow planted, lightly watered then closed in either a propagator box or simply in a plastic box with plastic fastened over it. kitchen-garden.be/diary/starti... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Indoor gardening 🌱 For city gardeners without the luxury of a greenhouse or a garden shed, indoors is the only option for bringing on plants for later planting outside. kitchen-garden.be/diary/indoor... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Garden bees gallery 🐝 The best known beneficial insects are the pollinators, the bees, wasps and butterflies. They carry pollen grains from the anther to the stigma parts of the plant… kitchen-garden.be/diary/garden... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Chilli pepper season 🌶️ Chilli pepper seeds are notoriously slow to start (10-20 days). They require consistent conditions of heat and moisture to germinate… kitchen-garden.be/diary/chilli... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden #Christmas

Merry Christmas! 🎄 🎅 🧑‍🎄 Joyeux noël! Vrolijk Kerstfeest! ¡Feliz navidad! ++ Alt Text Santa in a garden holding a wooden bucket full of freshly picked vegetables. #Christmas #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Bean Flowers Gallery 🌸 Bean plants produce wonderful flowers. For gardeners the flowers are a sign that the plant is growing successfully and will soon produce beans… kitchen-garden.be/diary/beans-... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Making chilli jam 🌶️ There is nothing better on a rainy cold afternoon than to take one hour and make a batch of hot chilli pepper jam… kitchen-garden.be/diary/making... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Gardening, Why Garden? 🏡 Quite simply, you have to want to. Gardening requires physical work, patience, attention to detail and sustained commitment over the key growing times of the year… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Growing underground ⬇️ The basement corridor of the garden is an ideal example of underused city space that is ideal for vertical gardening… kitchen-garden.be/diary/growin... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Pickled chillis 🌶️ With the winter cold now here, it is ideal to have some hot chilli jam to hand to spice up winter snacks. Chilli peppers really lend themselves to processing for later use… kitchen-garden.be/diary/pickle... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Vertical Gardening ⬆️ Vertical gardening is for gardeners who do not have a lot of horizontal space. It has become a niche science these days with many elaborate and quite amazing systems… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

December: Winter salad 🥗 With a few tricks winter salad can be planted throughout the winter months. In general, it should be planted late summer or early autumn… kitchen-garden.be/diary/decemb... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Winter planting 🌱 This is the best time of year for good salads. Getting small plants started indoors then hardening them off outdoors before planting in trays… kitchen-garden.be/diary/novemb... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Mine bloomed way into late October

Growing Peppers in the City 🌶️ There are 100s of types of chilli pepper. Capsicum annuum (sweet peppers and chillies) are the most common and extensively cultivated of the five domesticated capsicums… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Nasturtiums gallery 🌸 Apart from providing wonderful colour in a small garden, nasturtiums are the gardener’s favourite for encouraging beneficial insects into the garden… kitchen-garden.be/diary/nastur... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Building a new raised bed gallery 🪚 The key point in constructing a raised bed is to ensure the overall bed is level. This is for aesthetic reasons and practical reasons… kitchen-garden.be/diary/buildi... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Slugs and Snails 🐌 Adult garden snails lay an average of 80 eggs at a time into the soil and can lay eggs up to 6 times a year. They can live for up to 6 years… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Growing beans gallery 🫘 Beans are fun to grow, tasty and a great choice for novice, expert and children gardeners. They are the ideal city garden plant as they require little space… kitchen-garden.be/diary/growin... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

November: Winter planting 🌱 Autumn is the time for planting broad beans, garlic and onions for harvesting in the spring and early summer next year… kitchen-garden.be/diary/novemb... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Heirloom Seeds 🌱 Deemed to be “open pollinated” meaning they're pollinated by natural means. Heirloom seeds will “breed true” and produce plants roughly identical to their parents… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Growing tomatoes gallery 🍅 Cities are ideal places for growing tomatoes. Tomatoes require relatively little space, can be grown in soil beds or containers and thrive when attached to walls and structures… kitchen-garden.be/diary/growin... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Winter chill coming 🥶 The raised bed is now busy with broad beans growing along the back wall, garlic down the middle and onions to the front. Everything is growing well… kitchen-garden.be/diary/winter... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Growing Onions and Leeks in the City 🧅 Allium plants are good companions for tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and strawberries. However, they are not good companions for beans and will inhibit their growth… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Clearing the raised bed 🍂 Using home made compost is the key to successful raised bed gardening. Each autumn as the bed is cleared mature compost is forked into the top 6 inches of the bed… kitchen-garden.be/diary/cleari... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Moving indoors 🍅 🌶️ With temperatures falling outdoors it's convenient there's so much to do indoors. Tomatoes and chillis that were dehydrated from the summer crop can now be processed into xmas gifts… kitchen-garden.be/diary/moving... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Container Gardening 🪴 The depth of container is important. Often when starting gardening people are directed to a standard sized container (300mm) as these are what is generally available… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Growing peppers 🌶️ Growing hot chilli peppers in the city is remarkably straightforward, the plants do not take up much space and provide an excellent all year supply of spice to a wide range of meals… kitchen-garden.be/diary/growin... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Summer’s end compost 🪱 Digging out last year’s compost provides an excellent top feed for the raised bed and a rich supplement to mix with, and revitalise, old potting soil… kitchen-garden.be/diary/summer... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden

Compost: Growing Soil 🪱 Composting involves a multitude of organisms, fungus and bacteria which naturally break down organic material over time… kitchen-garden.be/gardening-wh... #Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #VegetableGarden