How lovely! I've gotten pretty good at growing vegetables, but flowers, not so much.
thrawn21
joined 1 year ago
Poland has a variety of hardiness zones, which will determine how much longer you have in your growing season. I would suggest things like brassicas (which include kale and broccoli), as they can handle temperatures a bit below freezing. But keep in mind the size of your balcony, as they can get pretty big.
If you can buy seedlings of annual herbs like parsley, dill, basil, there's still time for a good harvest even in the colder areas of Poland. Do you have space where you can bring some pots inside?
Ooooh them's fighting words. Have you tried a burger with a homegrown tomato? Pretty night and day, might just change your mind.
[Image description: a plate with a burger and sides. The burger is open and ready to be assembled, one bun has sauce and a slice of an heirloom tomato, the other has the patty, cheese, pickles and bacon.]
Desperately try to foist them on friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, passing dog walkers, the mailman... anybody who'd take some 😆
Beyond that, we'd eat tomato based meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and we canned dozens of pints of salsa and sauce (that we're still eating!).
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Located in inland southern California, zone 9b.
[Image description: split image, the top photo is four tomatoes on a cutting board, the bottom photo is hundreds of multicolor heirloom tomatoes covering a kitchen counter.]
I did some searching, and apparently he's a Five-spotted Hawkmoth, aka my garden nemesis, the tomato hornworm! Never knew those hornworms grew into these adorable giant moths.
[Image description: Large moth sitting on back of hand, covering about 1/3. Moth is fuzzy, with grey striping and prominent yellow spots running down its back.]
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Pulled some overgrown heirloom carrots from a neglected corner of my yard, love these cross sections
(beehaw.org)
From left to right:
[Image description: Four brightly colored sliced carrots on a cutting board; being gold, purple with orange and green interior, red with interior rings of red and white, purple with purple and white radiating from center.]
It's definitely a learning curve to start your plants from seed, but seeds can be gotten cheap and are easy to transport. I find beans/peas to be pretty easy to grow from seed, and their vertical growth means they don't take up too much space.