One of the things I miss most about having a proper yard is seeing what will come back in the garden after the winter. With a balcony garden it is often a mystery I find. This year I was very excited to see some fun new life growing in the gardens.
Raspberries that have naturally spread in their container.
Pumpkin seedlings starting from M2′s Halloween Pumpkin
Also included in the top photo is our strawberry plant that decided to spread out and come back! We are really hoping for some berries from both the raspberries and strawberries. When I decided to go with raspberries in the containers I could not find any articles on how they would do, so far I’d say pretty good? There are also some onions that started to go to grow in the cupboard, I decided to plant them and see what happens.
Now those pumpkin seedlings are a very unexpected discovery. M2 received two pumpkins this year that she decorated for Halloween. She carved up one that we received from the local farmer market and then her class went on a field trip to a pumpkin patch, to pick pumpkins and well she decided she just wanted to colour that pumpkin and I was to make some pumpkin pie…I forgot!
But I did remember to put the pumpkins out in the garden to compost. Apparently Pumpkins need cold to germinate and so alas now we have some more pumpkin seedlings to share this year! This time they are orange pumpkins.
This week we will plant some seeds for more veggies, a few seedlings and some plants to attract butterflies. Including Milkweed, which may or may not grow this year as I should have had the seeds germinating in the fridge about 3 months ago.
So how is your garden growing?
Jenn
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