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Home Grow Veg !

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Last winter I had to move from a house with a massive veg plot to a flat with a balcony.
I have been harvesting tons (well lbs really!) of tomatoes from the two tumbler tomato bushes on the balcony and am about to pick the first of my runner beans (3 plants in a 12 inch plot, trained over the balcony railings). I am also about to pick my first ripe fig (I dug up and brought the fig tree with me, but it didn't really react very well to the move, and most of the fruit has dropped off, but it seems to be reviving now).
And there I was, really worried I'd miss my home grown food.......
 
Barbie1 said:
Last winter I had to move from a house with a massive veg plot to a flat with a balcony.
I have been harvesting tons (well lbs really!) of tomatoes from the two tumbler tomato bushes on the balcony and am about to pick the first of my runner beans (3 plants in a 12 inch plot, trained over the balcony railings). I am also about to pick my first ripe fig (I dug up and brought the fig tree with me, but it didn't really react very well to the move, and most of the fruit has dropped off, but it seems to be reviving now).
And there I was, really worried I'd miss my home grown food.......
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It really puts a smile on your bracket. & its got to be healthy :D
 
We grow quite a bit too. For some plums on the way. I love our homemade plum gin!! Makes great presents too!
 
Barbie1 said:
Last winter I had to move from a house with a massive veg plot to a flat with a balcony.
I have been harvesting tons (well lbs really!) of tomatoes from the two tumbler tomato bushes on the balcony and am about to pick the first of my runner beans (3 plants in a 12 inch plot, trained over the balcony railings). I am also about to pick my first ripe fig (I dug up and brought the fig tree with me, but it didn't really react very well to the move, and most of the fruit has dropped off, but it seems to be reviving now).
And there I was, really worried I'd miss my home grown food.......
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Maybe I should turn a small piece of my garden to a veg plot if you can make that transition. It’s juts the thought of going on holiday with no watering
 
Get a trickle feed hose - they are a sort of foam rubber - stick one end into a raised water butt and arrange the hose along the rows, the water trickles out and keeps things watered.
 
We had our first crop of potatoes this week. Fabulous and yummy
 
Oh! I’m so jealous reading what you are growing. Due to my conditions i’m Unable to partake in such a worthwhile activity. It reminds me of the good life in the 1970’s . I’ve watched Hugh fearlessly eats it all since he did a programme a cook on the wild side. Then escape to river cottage. Etc... Saw a programme Hugh did were the good people of Todmorden grew edible products all over town.
 
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