In the summer of 2019, I grew some vegetables, herbs and flowers on my balcony, and in front of my kitchen window. Before I start writing about this year’s planting and growing I thought I should summarize that summer, and show some photos of it.
![Pelargons in a hanging plastic planting box, in front of a window](https://www.beardy.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190726_1424577857180886655686052-1024x768.jpg)
Under the kitchen window, in front of my apartment, I planted pelargonium in a plastic plantbox, that was placed in a metal holder, fastened to the brick wall. I bought the pelargoniums at Lidl and planted them in pelargonium soil also bought there.
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But let’s start a bit earlier. In the end of May I had acquired some pallets, painted them and put them on the balcony.
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To make sure they did not fall over I fastened them securely to the wall using a piece of bent “patentband” bent into a suitable shape.
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Tomatoes
I bought two tomato plants in Lidl.
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The tomatoes were planted in two tomato planters that I also bought at Lidl, they have a support system built up with plastic rings and sticks, that are mounted higher and higher as the plant grows.
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Paprika
I also bought a paprika plant, and planted it in a planter, the one seen in the photo above, behind the two tomato planters on the floor.
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I also bought a citrus plant, a lemon plant. It is the one planted on top of the pallet, in the corner, in the photo above.
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Results
Later on the plants grew. I filled up a lot of bottles with water to use when watering the plants.
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I got some small paprikas.
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I also got some small tomatoes.
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