Balcony Garden Diagram: The Plan
March 4, 2009
As spring is springing around us it’s time to draw up the plan for the coming season on the balcony:
I have colour-coded the containers in the diagram according to depth to give a better impression of the layout. The darker green ones are deeper and the lighter green are shallower. I’ve taken particular care to get deeper pots for the plants that are more demanding in the root department such as potatoes, tomatoes and peas.Breaking it down into sections we get:
There are still a few question marks on contentless containers. As well as that, I am planning a number of other plants (namely rhubarb, spring onions, marigolds, sunflower(s?), chamomile, nasturtiums, cherry tomatoes, more carrots and potatoes) which I haven’t allocated space for (yet). Some, such as the flowers and spring onions, I am hoping to grow amongst others. In fact, I have just sown spring onions in the centre of the trellised pea shoots, which are looking pretty good by the way:
Some of the other plants can be accommodated either on a high green house shelf or on our (as yet unhung) hanging baskets.
Another feature I am hoping to have on the balcony is table and chairs (a condition of my girlfriend in this whole business). I suppose what’s a square metre here or there!
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Very cool plan!
That’s cool. I’d be willing to buy excess produce from you – should you have any.
Well even better – we have plenty of seedlings and seeds left over which we could spare free of charge!
really? I do also have a sheltered patio.. I’d need something foolproof though!
Then I’d recommend a chili plant – guaranteed to do well indoors on a windowsill!
Great looking plan. I’m sure you’ve considered this but is there any danger that the taller plants (potatoes and peas) will shade the smaller ones behind?
The light is mostly coming from the south west on the map. The plan is that the only things that the peas and potatoes will be shading is the door into the bedroom. Which in terms of incoming morning light is a good thing in my book!
I might in fact switch the peas to behind the potatoes but the containers are movable so nothing is set in stone!
I cannot believe the amount of stuff you are planning for such a small area! Did you grow much last year in this space?
Well we weren’t living here this time last year! I think it’s best to push the limits to see what’s possible
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