The First Fruits of My Container Garden - 2018.... You Are Invited To Have A Look!

Hi there!

Today, I ´m sharing about something green...yes, the green stuff of my container garden. For me, gardening even if it´s just in containers, is also a fulfillment of a hobby particularly if you live in the city where space is so rare.

The heat on the top terrace is really unbearable, that is why I converted it into my container garden. Even if the shades were installed, you can never enjoy to stay there because of the freakin heat wave. It´s been about five years now that this area became an oasis for my container plants. The first potted vegetable was a squash in a huge wooden container, I was amazed how big it had been. Since the space is limited, the 2nd squash grew with confidence on top of the pine hedge and weighed to be around 11 kilos.. It was so heavy that I thought it would damage the pine tree because of the weight. At any rate, it was not a problem at all.

There are two potted bell peppers and one as you can see is another variety that quickly grows and now has those huge green peppers. It has 6 fruits at the moments but the rest are still small. The other one is just beginning to have flowers and since it is very hot, I think the flowers will soon develop into peppers. As far as I can remember, the 2nd one will have long and elongated red paprika variety.

This season, I planted the same vegetables just like last year... The green beans were sown from seeds and they are bearing so many green strings at the moment. I have sown 2 kinds of cuke seeds...the shorter one and the long one. The 3 long ones are now growing nicely in the garden and also in pots... Til now, they are not visited by the slugs, thank Go, perhaps because their vine is a bit rough and I spread brewed coffee on the top of the soil.

Also this season, I tried another variety of tomato called the "beefsteak tomato" which is called ochsenherz tomaten in german which literally means the bull´s heart tomato. It´s shape is like a heart and when they become big they look like huge ribbed tomatoes as in the images below that I took in a supermarket. And mind you they are very expensive probably because not much farmers are growing them. This is the type used in burgers because with just one slice it covers the whole bun.

Beefsteak tomatoes

This time from the four tomato newbies I got, I only have one cherry tomatoes. The second one had been erroneously labeled as cherry tomaten when if fact it is a beefsteak tomato. At any rate , all are growing nicely.

Cherry or cocktail tomatoes

Green Beans

Potted raspberries

Brewed coffee and tea as fertilizer

I recycle our daily brewed coffee and tea and use them as fertilizer for my vegetable, they are good source of nitrogen and gives a bit of acidity to the soil. Brewed coffee can also act as deterrent for slugs. Although, it´s hard for slugs to visit my potted veggies onthe terrace because it´s on a higher level, sometimes it´s unavoidable if newbie plants from the garden center have already been infested with those tiny eggs not visible to our eyes.

Aubergine (eggplant) starts to flower now

I hope to have a wonderful harvest this season...and am keeping my fingers crossed!

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