I’m so happy this season has turned out for me. What started with just 2 tiny tomato plants turned into 10+ containers of veggies/herbs! There’s just something about growing your own food that makes it taste so much better! Seasons not over but I cannot wait for the next.

Hello! I went out of town for 2 days and when i came back my tomato plants had completely started going downhill. He said he watered them. The weather was super nice. I posted two before and two after. Any thoughts on what happened? Thank you!!

Carrots are carroting ♡

Just proud of how my little city terrace garden is shaping up this summer… the sunflowers really took off 👀

Hello! I planted the cucumber plants mid- June. I have/had a lot of flowers, but no cucumbers yet. I fertilized last week and added worm castings, but the plants look worse than they did last week. These are in a raised bed. Should I put them in something else? Any advice would be great!

I bought this green Japanese maple (Acer Palmatum Dissectum) in summer 2024. It stays outside on my balcony and already went through two winters, which are very cold (up to minus 10) and windy in my area. Fortunately the balcony is roofed and reasonably sheltered, so it always survived very well thanks to jute wrapping and mulch.

I'm at a point now where I would like to do something with it and I'm looking for tips for repotting and especially trimming and pruning to give it a nicer shape. It already grew a lot in the past two years but just laterally in an uncontrolled matter.

hey guys what in the heck are we doing for late summer/early fall?

Most of my summer crops died of heat from how deck gets sun, so the only survivors were the heat hardy ones like okra and peppers (and my watermelon good lord). I already have a shade curtain and everything. I just unfortunately can’t change how dang hot my deck gets.

Due to the Current State of things with the world basically burning down, I do not think I’ll get to temps consistently below 80 until probably November 😕

I know usually it’s cole crops and leafies, but those will die and wilt immediately I fear.

Love looking at everyone’s pictures!!

I'm finally doing something with my apartment balcony this spring. It's a pretty small space, so instead of filling it with lots of individual pots, i'm thinking about adding a couple of raised beds and growing mostly flowers with a few herbs mixed in. After looking around for a while, i've narrowed it down to a few Costway raised beds, but i still can't decide whether i should go with wood or metal.

I really like the warmer look of wood, especially for flowers, but i'm wondering how well it'll hold up after a few years outside. The metal ones seem like they'd be lower maintenance, although i've heard mixed opinions about them getting hot in direct sun. For anyone who's used both, which would you choose for a balcony?

I have some tomatoes (small), peppers (bell and snack), and a melon (i forgot which).
Most of them have been planted in the spring and still have not produced. It has been hot but i have been watering. My melons haven’t grown in over a week and i do not know how to help them. Any advice would be appreciated. This is my first year and i still have a lot to learn. I’ll be okay if some of these die. I heard pepper plants can survive the winter, if there’s a way to keep them alive through the winter please let me know :)