tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435412208231096589.post4780470589090344999..comments2011-03-14T23:14:49.728-04:00Comments on The Simple Hearth: January GoalsMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425241289183408708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435412208231096589.post-36718166723796973602011-01-23T23:33:57.356-05:002011-01-23T23:33:57.356-05:00One of the tomatoes I am trying are the mini yello...One of the tomatoes I am trying are the mini yellow pear tomatoes so I'm thinking they will do fine. The other kind is a paste tomato, but not a large variety so I'm hoping it will also come through. No harm if it doesn't, though. I consider this an experiment more than anything right now.<br /><br />I have my herbs started indoors already and I am also planning on doing carrots. Well, the summer squash I'm doing are both 50-60 days so I know those will be fine. If the winter squash fail, meh, oh well. Like I said, this is an experiment.<br /><br />Thanks for the link.<br /><br />Hopefully by next summer we'll be in a house and I can have a real garden (hey, a girl can dream).Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425241289183408708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435412208231096589.post-82478406837356064352011-01-23T22:54:40.365-05:002011-01-23T22:54:40.365-05:00Mary I would try small early cherry tomatoes if an...Mary I would try small early cherry tomatoes if any. Since you don't get mid and afternoon sun you might be better of with lower light or early varieties. Peas should do great, leafy greens, carrots, scallions and herbs, spinach. If you look at squashes you should check out fedco for early varieties. I get quite a few things from www.territorialseed.com and they have a lot of early varieties since we don't get that many sun hours in Seattle, even in the summer. Any of those things should do fine. Good luck! I never can grow anything in a pot since I forget to water them.Sustainable Eatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10588820969269305749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435412208231096589.post-20146535853771137002011-01-23T17:57:48.957-05:002011-01-23T17:57:48.957-05:00I get pretty good sun in the summer. My balcony fa...I get pretty good sun in the summer. My balcony faces roughly East so I know it's not ideal. I am on the top floor so I get all the overhead sun as well. <br /><br />I'm hoping to do spinach and peas soonish and in OH we get pretty hot summers so I think I can swing tomatoes and peppers when it warms up a bit more. I'm not sure if they will succeed, but I also am going to start a few summer / winter squash plants. I'm betting the summer ones will be fine but I am dubious of the winter ones actually producing.<br /><br />This is really my first time gardening since I was a kid and I don't think watering a small garden on a farm counts as useful experience for gardening on a balcony in the city.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425241289183408708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435412208231096589.post-63397129124113990032011-01-23T01:03:11.353-05:002011-01-23T01:03:11.353-05:00I'm so proud of you for wanting to start a bal...I'm so proud of you for wanting to start a balcony garden! What kind of sun do you have on your balcony? I'll give you some plant suggestions. I also sprout all winter long even though I have a garden because it only takes a few days to harvest and you don't need to go out in the cold! You could sprout tons of veg in your apartment! Thanks for finding my blog<br />xo, Sustainable EatsSustainable Eatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10588820969269305749noreply@blogger.com