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Thinking about 2010

January 26, 2010

It’s been a long cold winter here (relative to our usual expectations) but hopefully now we are near the end. I was out on the balcony last weekend and there are even signs of growth in places – raspberries and garlic come to mind. There were some carrots and kale that survived the freeze (fair [...]

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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 [...]

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