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Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden. Vegetable growing in a small urban garden within a large modern city.

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February winter weather 🥶

A lot of gardeners hold that a wintery February month is a good sign for a later spring, as though getting the heavy winter weather out the way in February bodes well for March and April.

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February winter weather - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
A lot of gardeners hold that a wintery February month is a good sign for a later spring, boding well for March and April.
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February 18, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Heirloom Seeds 🌱

It is generally accepted that an heirloom vegetable is an old cultivar that is “still maintained by gardeners and farmers particularly in isolated or ethnic communities.”

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Heirloom Seeds - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Get in trouble with the law? If certain agribusiness interests get their way it will no longer be legal to save seeds and share them with other people.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Starting shallots 🧅

The shallot is an easy to grow type of onion that is known for its excellent flavour. It grows well in soil but is also very productive in containers, ideal for the small city garden…

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Starting shallots - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
The shallot is an easy to grow type of onion that is known for its excellent flavour. It grows well in soil but is also very productive in containers.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Planning for summer ☀️

Summer may be some way off but it does no harm to start thinking about just what you want to achieve in the garden (or on the balcony) this year...

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Planning for summer - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Summer may be some way off but it does no harm to start thinking about just what you want to achieve in the garden (or on the balcony) this year. This all starts by ordering the seeds in the next week...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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Compost: Growing Soil 🪱

Creating a good “living soil” is best achieved with the regular addition of composted organic material to the soil. Making your own compost therefore becomes an essential part of good gardening practice…

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Compost, Growing Living Soil - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Compost, growing living soil. The foundation of any garden is soil. It consists of a mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids, and the countless organisms that together support plant growth...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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Starting chilli peppers 🌶️

Mid February to mid March is the time to get started with these slow growing plants so when the summer comes the plants are ready to sit outdoors.

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Starting Chillis - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Chilli peppers are fun to grow. Better suited to pots than soil (damp & cold). Starting indoors now they should be ready to move outdoors in May or June.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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February: Strange gardening weather 🌦️

February and March are not really good gardening months. In the old days there would be a slow transition from proper winter weather (snow) into cold dry days before spring.

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February: Strange gardening weather - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
February & March aren't good gardening months. In the old days there would be a slow transition from proper winter weather into cold dry days before spring.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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Raised Bed Gardening 🌱

A 12″ deep bed provides ample room for most vegetable roots. Almost any type of vegetable can be grown in raised beds...

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Using a Raised Bed Garden - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Raised garden beds produce significantly larger yields than traditional beds. They can be situated on the ground or on solid surfaces such as pathways or flat roof areas. They can be free standing in ...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Starting onion sets 🧅

Onions can be started from seed but this is quite difficult. Instead, onion sets, small immature onions, are a quick way to get a crop started.

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Start onion sets - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
It is not too late to get an early start on onions. Mid February to mid March is the ideal time to plant all of the Allium family, leeks, onions and garlic
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January 30, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Feeding the garden 🪱

Making your own compost in the garden requires the space for a compost bin, with space beside it to turn over the compost (2 square metres).

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Feeding the garden - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Making your own compost in the garden requires the space for a compost bin, with space beside it to turn over the compost (2 square metres). Using a simple process a compost bin can provide half a cub...
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January 28, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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Growing Salad in Containers 🥗

Growing salad in containers is a relatively new approach that avoids many of the problems associated with open soil cultivation.

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Salad Containers - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
There is nothing nicer than rows of lettuce growing in soil. A quintessential home garden image, lovely straight rows of different colours in summer sun
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January 26, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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It's time for the Selkirk Grace.

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be Thankit.

Slàinte 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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January 25, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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Balcony farming 🪴

The tools required for growing salad are simple. A reasonable sized plastic tray with good drainage holes and a basic growing compost.

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Balcony farming - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Growing on a windowsill or balcony has never been easier. Recently varieties have appeared for cut and come again enabling constant supply of fresh leaves.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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New Year Gardening 🌱

January hardly seems like a time to be gardening. Indeed, November and December are better for starting garlic, broad beans and onion sets.

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New Year Gardening - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
New Year Gardening: January hardly seems like a time to be gardening. Indeed, November and December are better for starting garlic, broad beans and onion sets. These crops benefit from a cold snap onc...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Growing Peppers in the City 🌶️

There are hundreds of types of chilli pepper. Capsicum annuum (sweet peppers and chillies) are the most common and extensively cultivated of the five domesticated capsicums.

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Growing Peppers in the City - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Chillis are the quintessential ingredient in a wide range of cuisine. Originally from South America and the Caribbean region, the chilli pepper has found its way into national dishes from Asia to Indi...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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January: Starting Chilli Peppers 🌶️

January is the quiet month outdoors. The winter crops (garlic, broad beans and onions) are in the pots and beds and waiting for the big frost and snow. It's time to start the chilli peppers.

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January: Starting Chilli Peppers - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
January is the quiet month outdoors. The winter crops (garlic, broad beans and onions) are in the pots and beds and waiting for the big frost and snow.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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Garlic: Try something new 🧄

Growing garlic is a simple way to extend the growing season of the average city garden. Now (until the end of February) is the time to get early spring garlic planted in the garden.

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Garlic new 2017 - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Garlic requires good draining soil to grow well. It does not like wet heavy soils which can be a problem in Belgium. However, it does grow well in pots.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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Designing a Small City Garden ✏️

Like any good workman start by deciding on the “tea area.” Picking a good spot allows good overall observation of the garden.

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Designing a Garden - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Like any good workman start by deciding where you are going to have the "tea area" for lots of breaks. This allows good overall observation of the garden
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January 12, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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January gardening 🧅

January is onion planting time. Onion sets (immature bulbs) are the easiest way to get onions going and can be direct planted or hurried along in trays.

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January gardening - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
With temperatures forecast under 5 degrees for the next week or so there is not much opportunity for starting new plants in the garden.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Winter salad planting 🥗

Early winter inspiration. Starting indoors and slowly moving young plants out, a supply of greens can be achieved throughout the winter months.

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Winter salad planting - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Winter salad planting. Starting indoors and slowly moving young plants out, a supply of greens can be achieved throughout the winter months.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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Winter planting 🪴

Autumn inspiration. The idea is to get these crops established and growing before the hard cold of winter arrives...

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Winter planting - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
Autumn is the time for winter crops, garlic, beans and onions. Get these established and growing before the hard cold of winter arrives.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Starting chilli peppers 🌶️

Chilli seeds can be slow to germinate. They are shallow planted, lightly watered then closed in either a propagator box or simply in a plastic box with plastic fastened over it.

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Starting chilli peppers - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
With the recent hot summers it's worth starting chilli pepper plants now. Plants started now will be ready for moving outside in about 8 weeks time.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Indoor gardening 🌱

For city gardeners without the luxury of a greenhouse or a garden shed, indoors is the only option for bringing on plants for later planting outside.

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Indoor gardening - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
City gardeners without the luxury of greenhouse or shed indoors is the only option for bringing on plants. If possible, a room with heating turned down.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Garden bees gallery 🐝

The best known beneficial insects are the pollinators, the bees, wasps and butterflies. They carry pollen grains from the anther to the stigma parts of the plant…

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Garden Bees 01 - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
The best known of beneficial insects are the pollinators, bees, wasps and butterflies. They carry pollen grains to allow pollination to occur.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Chilli pepper season 🌶️

Chilli pepper seeds are notoriously slow to start (10-20 days). They require consistent conditions of heat and moisture to germinate…

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Chilli pepper season - Diary of a Brussels Kitchen Garden
With temperatures falling outside and snow forecast, chilli pepper season is here. December is the month for starting chilli peppers indoors.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM