Tag Archives: balcony gardening

Golden Oyster Mushrooms Pasta (Gelber Seitling) – Yum!!!

Posted on June 21, 2015 by A Bahamian In Austria

Hubs recently started experiementing in the garden, ‘planting’ a wooden stump impregnated with mushroom spores. As it won’t produce until about August, a friend presented him with a few easy-to-cultivate, pre-impregnated mediums (straw, hay??) in plastic bags. I’ve never heard … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden, My Kitchen | Tagged Austrian cuisine, balcony gardening, easy to cultivate mushrooms, fresh produce, Gelber Seitling, Golden Oyster Mushroom Recipe, natural food | Leave a comment

The Taste and Scent of Summer

Posted on June 14, 2015 by A Bahamian In Austria

This weekend was AWESOME! I got to enjoy one of my favorite late spring/early summer activities with one of my favorite persons – Hub’s Oma. Nothing holds the taste and scent of summer more intensely as strawberries and no berry … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden, My Kitchen | Tagged balcony gardening, gardening, growing carrots, growing tomatoes, Nasturtium, natural food, Preserving strawberries, square foot gardening, Sternjasmin, Zucchini | 5 Comments

Letting Nature Take It’s Course

Posted on May 31, 2015 by A Bahamian In Austria

Tomorrow is the first of June and the beginning of summer! The moments of preparation and care will now bring forth fruit and hopefully lots of it on a consistent basis. Still, everything’s not as easy as it seems. Last … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden | Tagged aphids, balcony gardening, caterpillars, fresh produce, gardening, growing artichokes, growing carrots, growing peas, growing sweet peppers, microgreens, natural food, square foot gardening, Zucchini | 7 Comments

Spring Always Seems To Fly By

Posted on May 17, 2015 by A Bahamian In Austria

The last month and a half just sped by and although I haven’t posted, I did document. Most things have been a success so far but a few casualties did occur. I’m still in awe of how quickly everything’s grown … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden | Tagged balcony gardening, gardening, growing artichokes, growing carrots, growing peas, growing rhubarb, Peonies, Rainbow Chard, spinach, Zucchini | 2 Comments

Another Week, A Million Lessons!

Posted on March 25, 2015 by A Bahamian In Austria

If it was possible to do everything wrong….I did! First, let it be known…I fell into raising plants from seedlings…seriously, I had no idea what I was doing, was resistant (see last post), and the results speak for themselves. The … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden | Tagged balcony gardening, Bouganvillea, container gardeing, damping off, gardening, Gartenkrokus, grow lights, growing rhubarb, Hibiscus, indoor seed starting, leggy plants, melon, Peonies, Rainbow Chard, snowdrops, Zucchini | 4 Comments

Getting Started

Posted on March 8, 2015 by A Bahamian In Austria

A few weeks ago, a fellow blogger asked if I’d started on the spring garden as yet, which given our cold, gray skies, hadn’t even been given a thought. The organic gardening stores hadn’t started hawking their wares yet – … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden | Tagged balcony gardening, gardening, growing Purple Haze carrots, growing Sweet Chocolate Paprika, growing sweet peppers, growing Swiss Chard, indoor seed starting, peat pellets, Rainbow Chard, rucola, seed-starting, spinach, square foot gardening, Vienna | 11 Comments

The Gift That Keeps On Giving – Aloe Vera

Posted on February 20, 2015 by A Bahamian In Austria

Since just after Christmas last year I’ve been sick – fever, aches, coughing, days off, the works! And unlike any cold/flu/cough I’ve ever had, it will go away for a week or two and then come back. There are four … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden, Uncategorized | Tagged Aloe Barbadensis, Aloe Vera, balcony gardening, fresh produce, gardening, health, immune system strengthening properties, pups | Leave a comment

Summer Has Left Austria

Posted on August 24, 2014 by A Bahamian In Austria

A month ago, I said goodbye to the last of the spring harvest and looked forward to enjoying our summer fruit. With the erroneous concept that the garden was self-sufficient, Hubs and I took off for a week on our first real … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden | Tagged balcony gardening, fresh produce, gardening, growing artichokes, growing sweet potatoes, Rainbow Chard, Russian Black Krem, San Marzano tomato, Ziegler tomato, Zucchini | 17 Comments

The Weird Gap between Spring & Summer Harvests

Posted on July 16, 2014 by A Bahamian In Austria

We’ve hit mid-July and the garden is still alive. There’ve been no major setbacks – outside of the Okra, which I believe are stunted due to poor placement on my behalf and unstable weather. There hasn’t been any harvesting of the … Continue reading →

Posted in My Garden | Tagged balcony gardening, chop and drop, Edible flowers, fresh produce, gardening, natural food, Radishes, Rainbow Chard, Romaine lettuce, spring produce | 9 Comments

Okras in Cloches

Posted on July 6, 2014 by A Bahamian In Austria

Our garden is filled with what we like to eat – artichoke, radishes, rhubarb, tomatoes, sweet & hot peppers, zucchini, peas, okras, sweet potatoes, greens (spinach, lettuce, chard), and herbs. Some of those items can be pretty pricy or of questionable quality … Continue reading →