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There is a big group of us in South London who belong to 'Food Up Front' a charity/helpgroup thingy set up to encourage people to grow veggies in their front gardens, courtyards, balconies etc.. Very few people have mentioned having things stolen or vandalised (except by the wind!) and hey, if you c...

Mine still havent quite got upto speed yet, the one lady that flowered rotted away after getting a bit bashed in the storm last week, there are some more baby ones appearing though, so fingers crossed. The ladybirds have eaten most of the apids, fantastic things! I am now moving them onto the auberg...

yeh, the girls have arrived! maybe the sunny weekend convinced them it was summer after all. I will be out there with my paintbrush to pollinate them when the flowers open! I also found a couple of ladybirds on the leaves too, so some wildlife makes it upto the 9th floor (other than aphids, they see...

Ah, that makes sense, maybe I have to just wait for the girls to get ready.. so to speak.

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I cant see anything resembling a baby courgette behind the flowers. I did only start with the fertiliser once the buds appeared. Should I have started earlier? I have got an automatic watering system and also top them up with the watering can if the soil looks a bit dry, so I dont think it is an und...

My corgettes are not very happy. They are in a big pot on my balcony and are flowering away but every flower ends up shivelling up in either a dry or a soggy mess and falling off. so .. no fruits. What have I done? I water him every day or so, put some seaweed fertiliser on him every week or so and ...

Hi everyone I am another newbie in your gang. Considered to be slightly mad by my friends and family due to my determination to grow as much herbs and veg as possible on my London balcony, 1m x 5m, on the 9th floor facing west. Currently nurturing a big tub of spuds, about 5 different tomato plants,...

I have a good one called 'Crops In Pots' I cant remember who it is by offhand. It is set out in a quirky way as a series of projects and recipies but it has been very useful in planning out my balcony container veg.

Hey Brij Last year I was stuck in a tiny flat without a garden but put the window ledges to very good use. I too was only there for year but I grew most things from seed or bought them as small plants from the garden centre. In the kitchen there was an east facing window which had Basil, Parsely, sa...