Balcony Garden July Update!

Everything is doing fantastic except some mildew on the tomato keep coming back. I just harvested the grape. Tomato is giving me fruit every week. I never have to buy tomato at the store anymore. The scarlet emperor running beans are climping up to the canopy. Japanese cucumber is ready to be eaten. Blackberry is flowering. Watermelon is having a lot of small fruit.

Blueberry!

Look like I will have a lot of blueberry for this season :D.

The balcony garden after the rainstorm.

We had a rainstorm over LA last week and my plants were treated with fresh nature good water from the sky. I also got a change to collect some rain water saved for later. Such a treat!

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My little garden in Santa Monica

I always wanted a garden and I always tried to grow plants whereever I live. This time I moved to an apartment in Santa Monica, CA. The weather is very nice. I live on the top floor so I have sun on my balcony all day. I never grow anything in place like this before so I didn't know where to start until I saw the Compact Up Side Down Planter on Amazon for a good deal. It first started with just the planter and my wine crate. After 10 weeks and some trial and error, the hanging garden expended and growing well :-). Gardening is truly a relaxing hobbies and keep me out of trouble :D.