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Finally ate my only homegrown melon with my family.
It was absolutely the best melon I had in a very long time.
Not as sweet as the ones from farmers market , but so tasteful and smelled amazing.
Unfortunately I only got one from my balcony garden!
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#gardening #melon #growownfood #Balconygarden #containergarden #FRANCE
My one and only melon!
Summer is over and I lost almost all my plants to the heat. Only a few survived and among them is this little melon.
Had to pick it up because it's breaking up. Going to save it until Tuesday when my wife and daughter coming home.
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#gardening #containergarden #BalconyGarden #growownfood #france #melon
More salad- horn of plenty. I can't find a latin name but have included flower photos to help identification (next post, couldn't get them on here today 🤷).
Both photos taken this eve, uk. Its been growing quite fast outside & flowering for months, so great for insects too!
Very spready via the seeds!
This lot self planted this year from 2 original plants in this pot. So loads of salad! So, organic, local, gm free Yippeeeeeee
#autumnsalad
#autumnfooduk
#foodporn
#FoodNews
#foodsecurity
#gardening
#gardeninguk
#growyourown
#GrowOwnFood
#seedsaving
#salad
#GrowUK
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#growfoodathome
Vegetables from my garden I have cut up now so I can maybe cook with them later. All grown in containers. #food #GrowOwnFood #gardening
I almost killed my jalapeno pepper.
I have most of my pepper plants in self-watering units made out of 5L water bottles.
I usually check their water level but I forgot to check this one.
It has a parsley growing as companion plant and given me 3 harvest already.
I can't believe I started this plant from seed in January 2026!
Hopefully it will come back soon.
#Gardening #Jalapeno #SelfWatering #containergarde #Balconygarden #growownfood #France #Gardening
I have a couple of new signs for the gardeners in the audience - No jokes on these, just useful information on square foot gardening and fertiliser.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4568219865/understanding-plant-foods-metal
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4568223335/square-foot-gardening-metal-gardening
My one and only pumpkin.
Not as big as expected, but cute little one.
My daughter took the picture and her light filter is terrible.
Going to roast the seeds and compost the rest.
#containergarden #Balconygarden #Pumpkin #growownfood #Gardening @gardening
Made a batch of spicy sauce using habanero and jalapeno peppers from the balcony garden, plus some sun dried tomatoes (shooed in italy) and some cherry tomatoes from the balcony with olive oil and juice of pomegranate (from the park next door).
It's delicious and very very spicy.
Used one table spoon of it in the tomato sauce for pasta and it had a good spicy taste (not much, but enough to make it taste good).
Filled one bottle for my daughter to take with her to Brussels and the rest will be used at home.
#SpicySauce #Peppers #Habanero #Jalapeno #HotSauce #BalconyGarden #GrowOwnFood #Tomatoes #OrganicGarden #Gardening @gardening
A little blog post about what food we are growing in the garden this year, plus a cool photo of a bee on a sunflower, a macro photo of a sunflower and other pictures.
Posted as part of #blaugust2026 !
https://fyr.io/post/garden-food-2026
#garden #homesteading #GrowOwnFood #sunflower #photos #nature #bee #selfsufficiency #tomatoes #Cucumbers #macrophotography #blogpost
Someone pointed out that I was missing this sign from the collection, so here we are. Beware the old lady of the shed, and make sure you have a flask of tea and some biscuits ready, just in case.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4546812415/beware-old-lady-of-the-shed-sign-funny
#gardening #garden #allotment #smallholding #growOwnFood #growyourown #old #aging #tea #biscuits #silly #funny #shed #sign #warning #ad
The heat is killing my plants. None of my tomatoes blooming and I'm picking up the tomatoes that are rip.
Most of the larger tomato plants have died and only the cherry tomatoes and these pointy ones survived the heat.
The black tomato plant is not doing so well either. I'm afraid, I won't have any plants left by the end of July if the heatwave doesn't end.
#Gardening #blacktomatoes #containergarden #BalconyGarden #growownfood #France #Antibes #Heatwave @gardening
I picked up some tomatoes from my black tomato plant.
They seem to be changing colors as they ripped.
They are tasty, unlike any tomatoes I've ever had.
#Tomatoes #BlackTomatoes #Gardening #GrowOwnFood #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #France
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Definitely going to build something similar to these in my future house.
First habanero pepper harvest from the balcony.
I will use it in chicken soup later tonight.
Hope it's not too spicy 😂😂
#balconygarden #growownfood #gardening #containergarde #France
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Harvested the first black tomatoes from the balcony.
They are turning color and some of them going bad.
#blacktomatoes #balconygarden #growownfood #gardening #containergarde
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First home made meal mainly made of home grown tomatoes
Used the harvest from yesterday and today and made Iranian tomato omelette for breakfast.
A bit sour, just the way I like it, but my daughter doesn't.
#ContainerGardening #Balconygarden #Gardening #GrowOwnFood #Food @gardening
Snack for dinner.
Freshly baked baguette from my daughter's favorite bakery. Home grown tomatoes and cucumber from the farmers market.
Beef tomatoes getting ready
It's lovely to see them grow so well inside a 5L self watering water bottle
3 almost ready and 3 more growing.
3 other plants have more fruits on them.
#Tomatoes #Balconygarden #ContainerGarden #OrganicGarden #SelfWatering #GrowOwnFood #gardening #France
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This is why I grow my own tomatoes.
Organic, healthy and almost free from my balcony instead of paying so much for tasteless tomatoes shipped from 100s, if not 1000s of kilometers away.
#CherryTomatoes #GrowOwnFood #Gardening #France #BalconyGarden #OrganicGarden
My first beefsteak tomatoes ever.
Ask my daughter to pick it and she cut both fruits.
I will keep the other one in a paper bag until it's ready.
Going to have cheese and crackers to snack later today
Perfect for a hot day like this.
Still can't believe I managed to grow this in a balcony planter.
#Gardening #GrowOwnFood #BalconyGarden #ContaineelrGarden #OrganicGarden #Tomatoes #France #Tomatoes
I really love my black tomatoes.
They are so colorful when growing. And so black, unlike the ones I've seen in the shops that are purple or dark purple.
On the negative side, I have been waiting for over a month for them to ripen, but still hard as a rock.
My little plant, growing in a 10L garden soil bag (with added 5L of compost) has over 100 tomatoes. All from walnut size to pea sized.
Definitely saving the seeds and marking them well for future planting. These will be in my garden until I die.
#Gardening #BlackTomatoes #Tomatoes #BalconyGarden #SackGarden #GrowOwnFood #France @gardening
And my own project...
I finally figured out how to get a proper root system going in containers. 3 plants growing huge batches of these - just waiting for them to finally turn red
I always thought growing tomatoes need a lot of space for the roots to grow.
Many years ago tried to grow tomatoes on this balcony using 50L bags, but failed every time.
Not because it was hard, or didn't have enough space or sunshine, but mainly because I didn't water them properly.
This summer, I started an aggressive plan to grow as much as I can in my small area on the balcony.
Using pots as small as 2L, I planted 6 different tomato types. From cherry, to cocktail upto beefsteak.
For watering, I use 1L milk bottles, with a tiny hole at the bottom, it takes between 4-8 minutes to empty 1L , and I do it 3-4 times a day for the pots with multiple plants or 1-2 times on those with only one plants. Other plants are placed in 5L water bottles turned into self-catering flower pots. Providing constant access to water, even during the extreme heat of the sun in the french Riviera.
The results have been great so far. And now I even see the first beefsteak turning red.
#Gardening #Tomatoes #ContsinerGarden #BalconyGarden #GrowOwnFood #OrganicFarming
Today's harvest.
It's amazing I can pickup fresh tomatoes from plants right on 3-4m² of my balcony.
The cherry and cocktail tomatoes grow like crazy and because of the heatwave, they get ready much faster than anticipated.
I will have this much every other day and soon when beefsteak tomatoes and the black cocktail ones get ready, I will have a more colorful plate.
#Gardening #Balconygarden #ContainerGarden #GrowOwnFood #Tomatoes #France @gardening