Balcony updates - Urban Gardening Berlin

Tomato Sunset

The balcony is producing lots of sweet tomatoes.

I added one more row to the vertical garden. It’s a great way to make the most of small spaces.

Some seeds collected in my balcony are now growing one floor down.

The radish flowers are becoming plump pods which will give me seeds for next year. The trick is to let more than one plant go to seed.

I grew up in a whole different climate and continent. The local wild plants here are foreigners to me.

Some seedlings got eaten by the cat but I was still left with plenty for my first crop of sesame.

Consider letting some of your urban crops go to flower and provide food for our friends the pollinators.

Things are already green but haven’t grown like crazy yet. I’m really happy with the tall pots I got.

This ginger thyme plant became home to a beautiful carpet of moss.

I can now bring my laptop outside and work in the sun, even though last year perennials are not yet re-blooming in the balcony.

I can still snack on a few spicy bolted rocket leaves since they keep going in sub-freezing January temperatures.

Lots of color! Hope the cucumber is being lucky on the bee-Tinder, so far only female flowers.

These are tiny but pack an incredible amount of flavor in one fruit.