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A Productive 2m² Balcony Layout
Floor space, railing space and vertical space, used properly — a worked layout for a genuinely small balcony, with the weight caveat most plans skip.
17 Sept 2026
A Six-Container Patio Planting Plan
Six containers, six crops, one realistic first-season patio plan — real container sizes, real sowing dates, and no invented costs or yields.
17 Sept 2026
Growing Strawberries in a Container: The Complete Guide
Light, container size, planting timing, feeding and the two pest risks that actually matter — everything one crop needs in one place, not a link to a railing safety article.
17 Sept 2026
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Coming this weekend
18 September 2026
- Harvest any tomatoes still on the vine before the first properly cold nights — green ones will ripen indoors on a windowsill.
- Plant overwintering onion sets now for a harvest next June or July — garlic wants to wait for real cold, so hold off on that until October (see the full garlic checklist for hardneck vs softneck and why timing matters).
- Deadhead any herbs still flowering, like chives or borage, to keep them producing leaves rather than setting seed.