Blog's and site's

I have linked all blog's and site's i found interesting about urban gardens and people who prefroms it..

On this blog (the english one) I will just link english written blogs and sites and the swedish one just swedish ones so no one wonders why it's diffrent links on the blogs when the rest it's exact the same in both langauges.

Today soil between my fingers, posted later on - Sephrenia

The seeds of the day.

Today I was practice driving with my grandma to a plant market nearby.

We stayed there for atleast 3 hours before we have decided, I bought cat grass so my cat Neko (Neko means cat on japanese) stops to chew on my indoor plants.. *growl*

Even some "Physalis alkekengi" (Bladder cherry, Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern or Winter cherry), "Sempervivum" known as houseleeks or Liveforever, tomatoes 'Gold Nugget' and "Passiflora caeruela" commonly known as the Blue Passion Flower.

I will put them in the soil tomorrow morning, before I do that I really must replant my chili's in larger pots, my chiliplants is from a "motherplant" I bringed up from a seed last year (and still have and is growing and have flowers and small fruits so I'm wondering if the plant has gone nuts).

The "babyplants" I put in soil around christmas so they are really big now, lovely to see my work growing to such strong candidates for the balcony this summer.

On friday I will be participate as customer on a garden fair in a town nearby and hopefully not spend to much money on plants I perhaps don't have room for later on.. *smile*

Have a lovely day - Sephrenia

Introduction

For about 2 years ago I moved in to my apartment with a balcony, I had big dreams - make my home to a green oasis, I was missing my childhood garden and had flowers and other plants all over the place.

Some people thought that I was crazy, "You can't grow tomatoes, sallat, climbing plants or fragrant flowers in a rental building and it's to small!".

Yes you can, I have proved it and my mom also jumped on the train and grown some tomatoes aswell.. She took greenhouse recomended seeds and planted in boxes on her balcony and got beautiful and really tasty small tomatoes, this year I will copy her beacuse my plants who was for pots and small areas was'nt good at all.

Recently I read a magazine called "Trädgårds Landet" (Garden Land in english) were I saw a article about a new trend called "Urban Farming" or as some call it "Guerilla Gardening"..

Some describes it like a trend youngsters performs in suburban, citys and similar small living spaces wich are not suited for a garden, I had never heard about it before, I knew i was'nt alone whit my hobby but not it have become a trend and the reason that it have become a big thing I think is beacuse the big concern about the enviroment, organic products, insecticides and recycling.

I don't fallow the trend correctly beacuse I also grow flowers and plants that's not for eating, thats the explanation to the name of this blog, I don't see it as farming and not as Guerilla (I don't really follow the meaning of it in this case if I'm really honest).

So Urban Gardening was more suitable for what I'm.

I hope many people will find this blog and get inspired or inspire me, help eachother out.

If you have a balcony, a small city garden or what so ever, use it, take pictures of it and show off your garden and your newest plants, even if you are younger then me (22) or a pensioner, every one is welcome.

Let's hope the snow is gone soon - Sephrenia