Can growing vegetables on the balcony save money? Grandma fills the whole balcony with plants in one month

Once the weather turns cool, that little balcony at home becomes very useful! That's because many fruits and vegetables can be planted in autumn, and as long as we take good care of them day to day, eating them at the table in winter or before winter is no problem at all!

Huahua knows that people who love growing flowers must also be very interested in growing vegetables. Growing vegetables is a lot like growing flowers; both involve planting, but the purpose is different. When we grow flowers, generally speaking, it's for admiring them and cultivating our character. But when we grow vegetables, the goal is simple and pure: it's just to eat them!

Don't be fooled by how small the balcony at home is; if you actually plant some vegetables there, you can't stop at just five or six kinds! Huahua has already introduced many vegetables that can be grown on a family balcony before, so friends who are interested can check out the earlier articles. Well, today Huahua is here to introduce a new vegetable for balcony growing! It is: radish greens!

You've all heard of radish greens, right? They're the green leaves on top of a radish. Younger friends may not know that radish greens are edible too; usually after buying a radish, people just pinch off the green leaves on top. But radish greens are actually a good thing! Throwing them away is a bit of a waste.

When I was little, my mom often used radish greens to make steamed buns, and occasionally stir-frying them was good too. What you may not know is that radish greens are also rich in nutrients, containing many trace elements that we don't usually get but our bodies need, such as calcium, iron, zinc, plus carotene, vitamin C and fiber, and so on. You could say the benefits are many!

Without further ado, let's hurry up and teach everyone how to grow them! Growing radish greens is not the same as growing radishes; relatively speaking, it's quite easy. We can buy a packet of radish seeds at the market and sow them. Radish greens are very easy to grow and aren't picky about soil at all; just find some soil from the garden downstairs and they'll survive.

After preparing the soil, we can add a little fertilizer to it; nutrient soil will still be somewhat helpful for the future growth of the radish greens. Choose a large pot for growing radish greens, so the yield will be big enough to eat. When sowing, scatter the seeds in the pot, then gently cover the seeds with a layer of soil, water once thoroughly, and that's it!

Next, all we have to do is quietly wait half a month to a month, and the radish greens will be about ready. Then we can pick them and cook them to eat! There really are so many ways to prepare radish greens; making steamed buns, stir-frying, anything works! Friends who are interested absolutely should not miss such a nutritious vegetable!

Some friends might say, is it really good to plant vegetables at this time? This is exactly the season to plant vegetables! The temperature at this time of year is just right; if it gets any colder, it might not be suitable for planting anymore. Besides, radish greens are fairly cold-resistant, and can survive in slightly colder weather. If you like eating them, you can plant several rounds!

So, aren't radish greens really simple to grow? Actually, there are lots of things in our kitchen that can be planted too! Things like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and garlic can all be planted. If you can't eat them, they can also make nice potted plants!

In short, the autumn weather is so nice, so everyone hurry up and start planting, and let our balconies be full of treasures, a whole balcony packed full!