Last summer we grew beans on the balcony. They were very happy, and made a nice leafy curtain to block the morning sun. Apparently I didn’t take any photos of them except for this one early on.

I really enjoyed “gardening” so I decided to try making a bigger garden this year. We went to a Seedy Saturday at the Royal Botanical Gardens and spent $50 on seeds. Trevyn had lots of fun asking about cactuses, so hopefully there will be some cactuses on the balcony this summer too. We’ll be making a couple of Earthtainers, without the cages, and planting corn, beans, pattipan squash, peppers, cucumbers, peas, carrots, broccoli, beets, lettuce, herbs, eggplants, and pea asparagus. I’m hopeful that we can cram at least a bit of all of that on our balcony with the help of lots of pots. I’m really excited about growing the Three Sisters - corn, beans, and squash. It sounds like I should be able to plant a mound or two in one Earthtainer. Hopefully there will be enough corn for the cross pollination.

We’re going to start the tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers next weekend, as it’s 8 weeks from last frost in this part of the country. I need to find out if I can start corn early too to give the three sisters a head start. I’ll let you know how it goes.

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