Garden Check-In

[bridgetmkennitt]

How is your garden going so far? Is it looking great? Is the weather fighting you or working with you?

Comments

[highlyeccentric]

I just got to put my balcony garden in this weekend! I had thought I might have to move house, and possibly not have a balcony, so couldn't put anything in all spring. It all looks okay right now - I've figured out that the reason so much died last year was that two of my big cement planters don't drain properly, so hopefully this season will be better.

The weather will start fighting me very soon, though. My balcony has literally no shade after about 11am, and gets the direct afternoon sun - pretty much everything I put on it gets scorched over summer. I've planted miniature hibiscus this year, in the hope they'll be leafy enough to partly shade the herbs, but it remains to be seen if they like being in pots.

[bridgetmkennitt]

Yay for balcony garden! I have a balcony garden myself, sorta. I tend to move my plants in and out of my apartment, depending on the time of day.

Oh yes, I know what you mean on that. I thought about putting up shade for my plants, but my area has strong wind days which means anything I build will just get blown away. I finally bought some heat resistant veggie breeds so I'm trying that out.