Story # 42: Season 1 (2023) Part 4 of my small balcony vegetable garden series. In this video I give you a recap of growing a vegetable garden in my balcony, from planning, sowing to watching seedlings grow, fertilizing, dealing with pests, harvesting. I also show you what I did with the harvest from my small balcony: hibiscus flower drink, garden salad, basil pesto, preserving herbs, red pepper dip, garden focaccia.
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00:37 Video Starts
01:42 Part 1 Recap -Planning and Sowing
05:05 Part 2 Recap -Transplanting
08:46 Part 3 Recap -Tour, Fails, First Harvest
11:21 Part 4 -Final Harvest
13:47 Hibiscus Flower Drink
15:27 Garden Salad
16:59 Basil Pesto
19:54 Dehydrating Mint
21:55 Freezing Fresh Herbs in Olive Oil
23:31 Feta and Red Pepper Dip
25:10 Garden Focaccia
👩🏻🌾 PLAYLIST Balcony Vegetable Garden : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJg6-DnYLR2L0EIDnOIN2qnBeJQS_m9xS
Part 1 👩🏻🌾 Small Balcony Vegetable Garden Series | Garden Planning & Sowing Seeds | Container Gardening: https://youtu.be/y0P_5I8vgkA
Part 2 👩🏻🌾 Growing a VEGETABLE GARDEN on a SMALL BALCONY | Transplanting, DIY Trellis & Raised Bed: https://youtu.be/nZzHZP7fIrU
Part 3 👩🏻🌾 A Vegetable Garden in My SMALL BALCONY | First Harvest, Tour & Fails | CONTAINER GARDEN
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Beautiful balcony garden! You had so many success and wonderful harvests. If you are open to it, here are a couple of observations that might help you next year.
The peas, beets, spinach, and radishes may have been planted a bit late. They prefer cooler temperatures. Living in DC, I usually planted mine in mid March. You might also have good luck with spring brassicas. There's some very cute, quick growing miniature cabbages available.
As you realized cucumbers and beans don't like too much rain. They may also need more sun. I usually wait until the beginning of June to plant them outside. You have a pretty large area of vertical space behind the peppers. You could probably grow climbing beans up a trellis behind the peppers. Beans like a smilar amount of sun as peppers.
Your strawberries were quite successful. They don't usually produce many, if any berries the first year. You got a good harvest for the first year.
You might also want to check out Renee's Garden seeds. They have a number of varieties specifically for growing in containers. I've had good luck growing their little prince eggplant and astia zucchini in 18 inch pots. I've also been wanting to try the pixie cabbage because I could grow them in the spring (April – May) then plant a summer, heat loving plant after resulting in two harvests in the same space. https://www.reneesgarden.com/blogs/gardening-resources/container-varieties
Looking forward to seeing your 2024 garden.
This was so relaxing. Thank you 🙂
Great video Renee.
I didnt see a negative in the failures. Even gardners in the soil have those. As someone pointed out, maybe try groing some small space varieties. I also solely grow in a containers on my balcony. I even grow sunflowers and some indeterminate tomatoes too and trellising beans. And they do fabulous. I would suggest getting or making a bamboo trellis to help your plants trellus up. Plants are so resilient and want to produce. Its about counting what went well, but also what can i work on even more for next year and having fun. Many people dont even get a mini carrot. And you did. There are also dwarf varieties of many fruit trees. I myself grow blackberriea, yellow and red raspberries, gooseberries, straberries and apples on my balcony. Its so rewarding to harvest them. Two yo three trays of berries feom containers is such a reqarding feeling.
Sorry about my rambling. But know you did wonderful. Greetings.
This video has so much cuteness and beauty. You have such a beautiful garden with your own creations, I smiled when I saw the cute carrots. The bread is the end of a beautiful and peaceful video. Wishing you a happy and warm evening. ☺
Love your channel ❤
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Your harvest is actually impressive I know we always have a plan but sometimes it doesn’t go as we planned 😂that’s the beauty of it. Be grateful for what you got in hopes for more next season. My garden is Similar to yours in size. I had a lot of things die too but I’m happy I have lost of basil, mint, coriander parsley and some Swiss chard (that thing is impossible to kill🤣😂.) going. I sewed 3 trays of seeds with 9 cubes and not of it germinated as they were eaten by ants. It’s about to be rainy season so they are hunting for keeps. The weather has also gotten pretty dry and very hot so my pots turn to dry out quickly but I’m not in dismay I’m using this time to feed my worms to make compost and rejuvenate my soil for the next month or two. So don’t lose hope🥰😍.
Would just like to know how much sunlight you get on your balcony. I have a large covered patio probably notth facing. Does get a certain amt of sun eniugh for flowers, just not sure what i could do for veggies. Love how pleasing and productive yours looks.
🐝 Thanks for the great video 🌻
Beautiful 🫠
What a relaxing watch. lovely x
Such a lovely video! For seed starting, you might want to kake a couple changes – use a seed starting mix (instead of soil and compost), use a heating pad, and use a larger cup for the timatoes and peppers. The seed starting nix is helpful because its sterile and some seeds will die from mold in the soil. Overall it looks like a lovely and successful garden!
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you are GORGEOUS, omg!
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Your garden was fantastic! A balcony garden isn't easy, you did great! Don't be to hard on yourself, you created quite a bounty of fresh herbs and vegetables, it's ok that some vegetables were not successful. Your succeeded in more than ways . Your food looked fresh and delicious, I especially want to try the red pepper dip and foccacia. I love your stories . Thank you for returning and continuing to share.❤
Every year is a learning experience in the garden! Your next season will be better! All of the yellowing leaves make me wonder if you accidentally over watered? Maybe try more drain holes next time? Container gardening can be very tricky!
I watch garden video 🪴 makes me anxious to start mine soon on my balcony❤
Love your videos , sooo calm and soothing 🥺
Hi, I love your videos! They’re so soothing, and they give me hope for my own balcony garden! I was wondering, does that tiered terracotta/clay planter that you have your basil (amongst other things I can’t currently remember) in have a specific name, kind of like the olla waterers, or do you remember where you got it? I’ve been wanting one, but the only ones I can seem to find are very small. Anyway, thank you so much for sharing your videos; they’re a great inspiration!
Hi Sis,
My family escaped communism in the 1960s (Dominican Republic) after my father was assassinated by Trujillo (our version of Castro). We moved to NYC and lived on the West side. I eventually became a RN and currently work in Home Care in New jersey. Gardening is my passion…
I hope I can help with some gardening advice.( of course the internet is limitless with info.)
1) You will get bigger veggies if you use bigger pots.2) Different veggies have different fertilizer needs (ex: root crops like high phosphorus, leafy greens like high nitrogen). 3) Some veggies like cool weather, others like the heat.4) And if you seriously fall in love with gardening, keep a journal of what varieties you grew and how and the results. I'm looking forward to seeing this year's garden and wish you much success!
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Wow! Beautiful balcony garden 🪴.. I also have that same book 📕 you were reading
That was so cute when the fur babies wagged their tails and ran after you with your basket of vegetables 🥕