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Category: what to grow
Blueberries
Blueberries are small enough to keep in a balcony pot, but you might need two…
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Hybrid temptations
You can’t save their seeds like heirloom vegetables, because…
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Two sisters: corn & beans
Some plants grow well together and even help each other.
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Cherry tomato the balcony king
One of the most rewarding and delicious crops to grow in small spaces, since even one plant can produce a lot.
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Edible Flowers
Not only they add a splash of color and detail to salads, but they are also quite tasty.
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Tomato Sunset
The balcony is producing lots of sweet tomatoes.
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Tarragon syrup for soda and cocktails
I finally knew what to do with the tarragon in my garden after I tried this soda at a Georgian restaurant.
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Kastorian Coloured Giant Beans
Such a beautiful pink & black pattern. I bought the seeds at the market in Greece,
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Plump rose hips
You’re supposed to pick them after the first frost so they are at their sweetest. But for jelly and jam just add sugar to taste.
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New balcony gardener
Some seeds collected in my balcony are now growing one floor down.
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Cucamelons
They look like tiny watermelons and taste like cucumber with a hint of lime. They are also very easy to grow.
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Purple harvest
Plums and black bean pods. I really enjoy the color of the pods and these bush beans also have purple flowers.
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Bolted radish = flowers and seeds
The radish flowers are becoming plump pods which will give me seeds for next year. The trick is to let more than one plant go to seed,
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Tomato choices
Black truffle and star plum were the new sorts I tried this year on the balcony. My “tradition” is to buy one as seedling, and plant one from seed from a tomato I ate and found especially yummy.
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June brings strawberries
These are big but we also have lots of tiny wild strawberries. They taste a bit like raspberries and make an excellent ground cover.
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