{"id":3904,"date":"2023-09-17T04:03:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T02:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2025-03-19T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T08:54:39","slug":"balcony-pleasure-and-yield-through-vertical-gardening-fresh-from-the-vertical-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/balkonfreude-und-ertrag-durch-vertikales-gaertnern-frisch-aus-dem-vertikalbeet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed: enjoy\u00adment and yield through ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plant walls and trans\u00adform them into green oases from which you can har\u00adve\u00adst. Plant faca\u00addes and ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addens are a glo\u00adbal trend! Ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening is in. I\u2019m hap\u00adpy to join this trend and show you my func\u00adtio\u00adning, high-yield ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed on the wall of my nar\u00adrow snack bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny from June 2018. Plus my three new ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds from 2021. See for yours\u00adelf how plea\u00adsing it is to the eye. Let yours\u00adelf be inspi\u00adred. We have har\u00adve\u00ads\u00adted a lot. Ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds offer a lot of gro\u00adwing space in a small area for green, flowe\u00adring, living oases. It is extre\u00adme\u00adly deco\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve thanks to the mate\u00adri\u00adal mix of nati\u00adve larch wood and gal\u00adva\u00adni\u00adzed steel in com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon with the lush gree\u00adn\u00adery. It pro\u00advi\u00addes a healt\u00adhy cli\u00adma\u00adte. We and the insects find food. You are spoi\u00adled for choice, whe\u00adther plants for crisp, colorful salads, a hear\u00adty snack, green smoothies, fine Asi\u00adan cui\u00adsine and the choice of sup\u00adpli\u00ader is yours. Also Build it yours\u00adelf<\/a> is a fine opti\u00adon. For me, ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds are the high school of ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening. Of cour\u00adse, I also use pots han\u00adging from the cei\u00adling, shel\u00adves in which I lay\u00ader plan\u00adters, bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny boxes are atta\u00adched to the balus\u00adtra\u00adde in seve\u00adral tiers, clim\u00adbing beans, Inca cucum\u00adbers and nas\u00adt\u00adur\u00adti\u00adums climb from the flo\u00ador up to the cei\u00adling. Today I\u2019m tal\u00adking about ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds, which for me are the best way to gar\u00adden ver\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly. I\u2019m going to intro\u00addu\u00adce you to my gre\u00adat ver\u00adsi\u00adon of ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening. In June 2021, I added three more ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds with solid woo\u00adden frames to my snack bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny, which is only 60 cm wide, and I\u2019m abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly deligh\u00adted with the look and yields.<\/p>\n\n\n

\"Perfect
Per\u00adfect use of space on a nar\u00adrow bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny: A 58 cm wide ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed will be instal\u00adled on my bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny, which is only 60 cm wide, on June 5, 2021. With an 80-liter water trough becau\u00adse the bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny does\u00adn\u2019t have an out\u00adside water con\u00adnec\u00adtion. I fill it with a hose via the bath\u00adroom win\u00addow. This trough feeds the four ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds on this bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny by means of auto\u00adma\u00adtic irri\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, the lar\u00adge plan\u00adters are secu\u00adre\u00adly fas\u00adten\u00aded out\u00adside the para\u00adpet with mul\u00adti\u00adple las\u00adhing straps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"This
Just two weeks later on June 18, 2021, the let\u00adtuces are plan\u00adted in the ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed in the spe\u00adcial ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed soil with Worm humus<\/a> and water-retai\u00adning per\u00adli\u00adtes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The
Five weeks after con\u00ads\u00adtruc\u00adtion (July 11, 2021), it is a green wall with cur\u00adrants, a huge Arte\u00admi\u00adsia annua<\/a>kohl\u00adra\u00adbi, zuc\u00adchi\u00adnis, toma\u00adtoes, basil and lots of let\u00adtuce and wild herbs on the lower levels. I could hard\u00adly get through, as the bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny is only 60 cm wide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"This
15 weeks later on Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 22, 2021: I can hard\u00adly pho\u00adto\u00adgraph it becau\u00adse it\u2019s so den\u00adse and full and tight. The pole toma\u00adto Gol\u00adden Queen<\/em> car\u00adri\u00ades over 80 toma\u00adtoes! Toma\u00adto salad is ser\u00adved dai\u00adly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here you will find the best ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds for bal\u00adco\u00adnies and ter\u00adraces on the mar\u00adket. Matu\u00adre. Tried and tes\u00adted. From the pio\u00adneer of ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds. <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Save 30 EUR with vou\u00adch\u00ader Orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Here<\/a>
Save EUR 30 on the\u00adse inge\u00adnious ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds and cli\u00adma\u00adte ter\u00adraces: Orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Video from MDR-Gar\u00adten about ver\u00adti\u00adcal cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon on my bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The inte\u00adrest in this Movie<\/a> of ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds from the begin\u00adning of August 2021 is enorm\u00adous. Maxi from our Face\u00adbook group<\/a>Bir\u00adgit Schatt\u00adling, your bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny is uni\u00adque! I\u2019ve just wat\u00adched the pro\u00adgram \u201cSehn\u00adsuchtsor\u00adte, die Sie soll\u00adtest ken\u00adnen\u201d on SWR. You real\u00adly should know your bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Here<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here you can read about my first expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces with the ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed that I bought in June 2018. Now the Her\u00adbios\u00adGar\u00adden models are even more sophisti\u00adca\u00adted, with solid woo\u00adden frames, and I\u2019ve set up three more ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds becau\u00adse they\u2019\u00adre bril\u00adli\u00adant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Vertical<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Urban gar\u00addening: gro\u00adwing vege\u00adta\u00adbles in the smal\u00adlest of spaces in ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The gre\u00adat thing about ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening is the Space uti\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong>. Always an issue on the bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny due to the small area. With my 7\u2011day ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed the small foot\u00adprint is increased seven\u00adfold<\/strong>. The ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed stands solid\u00adly on \u201cfeet\u201d and is not con\u00adnec\u00adted to the house wall<\/strong>. The house wall the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre does not need to be dril\u00adled into. The Back wall<\/strong> forms one from top to bot\u00adtom Con\u00adti\u00adnuous earth body<\/strong>. The\u00adre is space towards the house wall so that air can cir\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adte. \u201cCon\u00adti\u00adnuous earth body\u201d means: from the upper flo\u00ador to the lower flo\u00ador, the rear wall forms the earth sub\u00adstra\u00adte. Towards the wall, it is held in place by a slab, open at the front into the seven earth trays. Water is pou\u00adred into this con\u00adti\u00adnuous body of earth at the top in con\u00adti\u00adnuous pipes with small out\u00adlet ope\u00adnings. The roots are direc\u00adted towards the con\u00adti\u00adnuous earth body<\/strong>from whe\u00adre they get their water. Through this ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon towards the earth\u2019s body, they form Very strong roots<\/strong>becau\u00adse the irri\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon water is only available at the back of the soil body. When wate\u00adring new plan\u00adtings or seed\u00adlings, it is of cour\u00adse neces\u00adsa\u00adry to water direct\u00adly into each soil cup. It is best not to fill the sub\u00adstra\u00adte smooth\u00adly, but at an ang\u00adle. Pre-grown, strong young plants should be pla\u00adced at an ang\u00adle in this slo\u00adped sub\u00adstra\u00adte so that their roots grow direct\u00adly towards the soil wall and the mois\u00adtu\u00adre. I can con\u00adfirm that it works. You can pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly see that from the pic\u00adtures. It was alre\u00ada\u00addy lush. Due to its design, my ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed needs rela\u00adtively litt\u00adle sub\u00adstra\u00adte, which also means that it weighs less. A huge advan\u00adta\u00adge for bal\u00adco\u00adnies. A huge advan\u00adta\u00adge for bal\u00adco\u00adnies, whe\u00adre we should always keep an eye on the load-bea\u00adring capa\u00adci\u00adty. Due to the point load, usual\u00adly also towards the wall, the\u00adre are No pro\u00adblems with the load capa\u00adci\u00adty<\/strong>. Due to the design and the good soil sub\u00adstra\u00adte<\/strong> it also needs Less irri\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon water<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"With<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed: order is half the batt\u00adle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have sur\u00adpri\u00adses pop\u00adping up ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre, which I love. All the plan\u00adters are plan\u00adted in mixed cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. Becau\u00adse I don\u2019t replace the soil in spring, the\u00adre are seeds ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre in the soil or still fly\u00ading in with the air. My order on the bal\u00adco\u00adnies is prac\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly a mess. I\u2019m sure you can well ima\u00adgi\u00adne that. So I was all the more plea\u00adsed with the tidi\u00adness of the ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed. It loo\u00adked neat and tidy until the lush\u00adness took over. I think this ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed brings order and I enjoy\u00aded the look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home-grown plants beca\u00adme strong, robust, healt\u00adhy and vigo\u00adrous plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Planting<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It all depends on the right soil mix\u00adtu\u00adre<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I hope I have mixed as good a soil mix\u00adtu\u00adre as Dr. J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler, who deve\u00adlo\u00adped the ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds. In an inter\u00adview for the Online Orga\u00adnic Bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny Con\u00adgress 2020<\/a> about his test series, whe\u00adre he com\u00adpa\u00adres stan\u00addard com\u00admer\u00adcial soil with a mix\u00adtu\u00adre of A+ com\u00adpost from the com\u00adpos\u00adting com\u00adpa\u00adny with loamy gar\u00adden soil and agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral per\u00adli\u00adte. His mix\u00adtu\u00adre with Agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral per\u00adli\u00adte<\/strong> brings signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly more growth com\u00adpared to com\u00admer\u00adcial rai\u00adsed bed soil. Agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral Per\u00adli\u00adte<\/strong> can be found today as an addi\u00adti\u00adve in many pot\u00adting soils and gro\u00adwing media. They are pri\u00adma\u00adri\u00adly used for effi\u00adci\u00adent water sto\u00adrage, impro\u00adved soil aer\u00ada\u00adti\u00adon and bet\u00adter soil drai\u00adna\u00adge.<\/strong> When used pro\u00adper\u00adly, Agrar-Per\u00adli\u00adte can help to Opti\u00admi\u00adze soil struc\u00adtu\u00adre sus\u00adtain\u00adab\u00adly<\/strong> and to sti\u00admu\u00adla\u00adte plant growth<\/strong>. Per\u00adli\u00adte refers to so-cal\u00adled vol\u00adca\u00adnic glas\u00adses that have chan\u00adged into loo\u00adse rock struc\u00adtures as a result of num\u00ade\u00adrous wea\u00adthe\u00adring and trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00adces\u00adses. Expan\u00added per\u00adli\u00adte is used when expo\u00adsed to high tem\u00adpe\u00adra\u00adtures. When dis\u00adcus\u00adsing per\u00adli\u00adte, plea\u00adse be awa\u00adre that agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral per\u00adli\u00adte should not be con\u00adfu\u00adsed with insu\u00adla\u00adting per\u00adli\u00adte. The lat\u00adter have no place in the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"It
Varie\u00adty from the ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed from Her\u00adbios\u00adGar\u00adden. This makes ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening fun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Year-round cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon \u2014 win\u00adter cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon is also on the rise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I curr\u00adent\u00adly have (still) Asi\u00adan let\u00adtuce, rocket, cele\u00adry, lamb\u2019s let\u00adtuce, chard, kale, dan\u00adde\u00adl\u00adion and chi\u00adves gro\u00adwing in my ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed. It\u2019s gre\u00adat to see some\u00adthing gro\u00adwing even in win\u00adter. The green sim\u00adply looks beau\u00adtiful. Har\u00adve\u00ads\u00adt\u00ading fresh let\u00adtuce and fresh greens in win\u00adter is gre\u00adat. J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler is also self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent in leafy vege\u00adta\u00adbles over the win\u00adter. He does\u00adn\u2019t have to buy any more. And the healt\u00adhy and deli\u00adcious win\u00adter let\u00adtuces are not available in stores any\u00adway\u2026 From Febru\u00adary, you can sow the first win\u00adter let\u00adtuces (Asi\u00adan let\u00adtuce, lamb\u2019s let\u00adtuce) and radis\u00adhes, for exam\u00adp\u00adle. One advan\u00adta\u00adge of my ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed is its pro\u00adxi\u00admi\u00adty to the house wall, which radia\u00adtes heat. I might hang a pro\u00adtec\u00adti\u00adve fleece in front of it in the event of hea\u00advy frost, as I can\u2019t offer the ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed a roof in my loca\u00adti\u00adon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This artic\u00adle is pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly a pro\u00admo\u00adtio\u00adnal item. Dr. J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler from Her\u00adbios\u00adGar\u00adden<\/a> sim\u00adply gave me a ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed. No strings atta\u00adched. I\u2019m so gra\u00adteful and thril\u00adled, I would\u00adn\u2019t want to be wit\u00adhout it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds are gre\u00adat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They make you want to have them. But they are also expen\u00adsi\u00adve. They are worth it. They are made of good mate\u00adri\u00adal, desi\u00adgned to last, well thought out, tried and tes\u00adted in prac\u00adti\u00adce, can be used all year round and can be har\u00adve\u00ads\u00adted. Made in Aus\u00adtria. It might be worth con\u00adside\u00adring get\u00adting a decent pro\u00adduct that will last a long time ins\u00adtead of a short-lived clun\u00adker. Assem\u00adbly was easy with the help of a fri\u00adend. We had only unde\u00adre\u00adsti\u00adma\u00adted the tight\u00adness. At first, the door was too nar\u00adrow and we could\u00adn\u2019t turn it around the cor\u00adner to put it on my long bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny. I unde\u00adre\u00adsti\u00adma\u00adted the tight\u00adness again becau\u00adse the let\u00adtuce was sim\u00adply gro\u00adwing far too abun\u00addant\u00adly. Lucki\u00adly I\u2019m slim, but it\u2019s ter\u00adri\u00adbly cram\u00adped on my bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny. Health-con\u00adscious peo\u00adp\u00adle who value fresh, nut\u00adri\u00adent-rich, living, regio\u00adnal, green food and sus\u00adtaina\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty could well look into ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening and win\u00adter gro\u00adwing.<\/strong> It is worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Here
Here you can see again how nar\u00adrow it is on my bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny. The distance bet\u00adween the wall and the para\u00adpet is very nar\u00adrow. The ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed offers a lot of gro\u00adwing space wit\u00adhout being con\u00adnec\u00adted to the wall, allo\u00adwing for lar\u00adge har\u00adve\u00adsts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The best books for Win\u00adter cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong> wro\u00adte Wolf\u00adgang Pal\u00adme (expert at the Bio-Bal\u00adkon con\u00adgres\u00adses 2017<\/a> and 2020<\/a>), who has been rese\u00adar\u00adching this for many years. In the mean\u00adti\u00adme, I have alre\u00ada\u00addy orga\u00adni\u00adzed two online orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny con\u00adgres\u00adses on win\u00adter cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon: Gar\u00addening and har\u00adve\u00ads\u00adt\u00ading in win\u00adter 2020<\/a> and Win\u00adter vege\u00adta\u00adbles ins\u00adtead of fir bran\u00adches. Using tubs and bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny boxes in win\u00adter 2021<\/a>. As a redis\u00adco\u00adve\u00adrer of win\u00adter vege\u00adta\u00adbles Wolf\u00adgang Pal\u00adme<\/a> always with you. The\u00adre is even more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about win\u00adter vege\u00adta\u00adbles here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td><\/td>\"This<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The\u00adre is a book by Dr. J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler on the sub\u00adject of ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening for year-round cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon Hands in the ground!<\/a> Click here to go to his page Her\u00adbios\u00adGar\u00adden<\/a>. J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler has pre\u00adpared a vou\u00adch\u00ader for EUR 30 for ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds and cli\u00adma\u00adte ter\u00adraces for the orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny move\u00adment, which is a huge sup\u00adport for his visi\u00adon of edi\u00adble cities: Orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"This<\/a><\/a><\/td>\"This<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Review of the book \u201cHands in the ground\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My visi\u00adon is for more peo\u00adp\u00adle to use their bal\u00adco\u00adnies. For self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy, clo\u00adse to natu\u00adre, as oases of well-being. Dr. J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler has a visi\u00adon of edi\u00adble cities.<\/strong> Through ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening. Our visi\u00adons come tog\u00ade\u00adther. Gar\u00adden ver\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly on the bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny! Use the exis\u00adting walls (wit\u00adhout having to drill into them)! Use the out\u00adside rai\u00adlings! The ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds deve\u00adlo\u00adped by the aut\u00adhor stand on their own weight. They have no cont\u00adact with the out\u00adside wall. As this is a point load, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly on the wall, the per\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adble load-bea\u00adring capa\u00adci\u00adty of the bal\u00adco\u00adnies is not excee\u00added. The aut\u00adhor descri\u00adbes how space can be bet\u00adter uti\u00adli\u00adzed with the help of ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening. In the case of a ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed with a con\u00adti\u00adnuous soil wall, the base area\/standing area of the ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed is increased seven\u00adfold. Seven\u00adfold cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. All year round. He does\u00adn\u2019t wri\u00adte much about sum\u00admer cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon, which we can ima\u00adgi\u00adne doing. He descri\u00adbes in detail the Gro\u00adwing 30 types of win\u00adter vege\u00adta\u00adbles<\/strong>that he has tes\u00adted. Salads and herbs can with\u00adstand more frost than is com\u00admon\u00adly known<\/strong>. Wolf\u00adgang Pal\u00adme from the City\u00adfarm Vien\u00adna Au<\/a>gar\u00adden<\/a> and wro\u00adte an important book about it Har\u00adve\u00ads\u00adt\u00ading fresh vege\u00adta\u00adbles in win\u00adter<\/a>. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. Har\u00adve\u00ads\u00adt\u00ading herbs, a varie\u00adty of let\u00adtuces, chard, kale, cele\u00adry, kohl\u00adra\u00adbi, radis\u00adhes, broc\u00adco\u00adli \u2026 until after Christ\u00admas and New Year\u2019s Eve. Then the frost puts the bra\u00adkes on. Re-plant or the plants sprout from the end of February\/March. The aut\u00adhor and his fami\u00adly of three are self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent in gro\u00adwing culina\u00adry herbs and salads all year round. He has lear\u00adned to app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte the win\u00adter salads stag\u00adhorn plan\u00adtain, bar\u00adba\u00adra cress, Asi\u00adan let\u00adtuce mizu\u00adna and leaf mus\u00adtard, pak choi, tatsoi, win\u00adter pos\u00adte\u00adlein, lamb\u2019s let\u00adtuce and chry\u00adsan\u00adthe\u00admum, which are still unknown and well descri\u00adbed in the book, with their often spi\u00adcier, pun\u00adgent fla\u00advors. He has con\u00adsis\u00adt\u00adent\u00adly increased the amount of let\u00adtuce he eats every day. He has thus increased his pro\u00adpor\u00adti\u00adon of raw, uncoo\u00adked healt\u00adhy food. The win\u00adter salads are tas\u00adtier and richer in vital nut\u00adri\u00adents than the usu\u00adal ice\u00adberg, romaine and let\u00adtuce. Espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly fresh on the table. Eat with plea\u00adsu\u00adre imme\u00addia\u00adte\u00adly after har\u00adve\u00ads\u00adt\u00ading \u2014 orga\u00adnic, sea\u00adso\u00adnal, regio\u00adnal and healt\u00adhy. Wit\u00adhout the pla\u00ads\u00adtic pack\u00ada\u00adging usual\u00adly found in super\u00admar\u00adkets. Wit\u00adhout having to tra\u00advel from the pro\u00addu\u00adcer to the super\u00admar\u00adket, to the con\u00adsu\u00admer. What\u2019s more, wild vege\u00adta\u00adbles not only have a hig\u00adher nut\u00adri\u00adent con\u00adtent, they also have an eco\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a per\u00adson who is con\u00adscious of nut\u00adri\u00adti\u00adon, health and the envi\u00adron\u00adment, I like the fact that the aut\u00adhor explains the cur\u00adrent situa\u00adti\u00adon in orga\u00adnic far\u00adming. The clear posi\u00adtio\u00adning: \u201cIf we want to save the world, as is often deman\u00added in the social media, we have to chan\u00adge our diet! Less meat, less was\u00adte. Buy from regio\u00adnal retail\u00aders and grow as much as pos\u00adsi\u00adble our\u00adsel\u00adves, becau\u00adse in our own gar\u00adden the was\u00adte is zero. The decis\u00adi\u00adon is up to us. We choo\u00adse every day how we want to live and what our world should look like. On the shelf.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon: \u201cWhat are the bene\u00adfits of such a small area for self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy? Quite cle\u00adar\u00adly: it brings addi\u00adtio\u00adnal varie\u00adty to the table, fresh herbs, vege\u00adta\u00adbles and rari\u00adties, i.e. food that you can\u2019t buy in this qua\u00adli\u00adty. If the\u00adse pro\u00adducts are available at all, they are usual\u00adly packa\u00adged in pla\u00ads\u00adtic and never fresh\u00adly har\u00adve\u00ads\u00adted. It is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to descri\u00adbe the true value and the gre\u00adat joy that can be found in a small, self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent gar\u00adden. You sim\u00adply have to expe\u00adri\u00adence it for yours\u00adelf. We can only app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte what we know and under\u00adstand. If we learn to expe\u00adri\u00adence and app\u00adre\u00adcia\u00adte diver\u00adsi\u00adty again our\u00adsel\u00adves, we will also under\u00adstand what we are curr\u00adent\u00adly losing in natu\u00adre \u2014 to an unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted ext\u00adent. We can\u00adnot under\u00adstand this wit\u00adhout cont\u00adact with natu\u00adre.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two full pages of the book are dedi\u00adca\u00adted to my orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny. Becau\u00adse I come clo\u00adse to his visi\u00adon of edi\u00adble cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties of ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening for healt\u00adhy eating in healt\u00adhi\u00ader edi\u00adble cities. Thank you for intro\u00addu\u00adcing me to ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening, win\u00adter gro\u00adwing and this book: Hands in the ground! <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler is hap\u00adpy to talk about his visi\u00adon of edi\u00adble cities, ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening and year-round self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy with win\u00adter cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon. You can invi\u00adte him to rea\u00addings, book\u00adshops, semi\u00adnars and work\u00adshops, and he will be hap\u00adpy to put you in touch with archi\u00adtects so that ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds can be plan\u00adned and instal\u00adled right from the start. He likes to give work\u00adshops with plant tastings. He comes to plant mar\u00adkets and brings young plants with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler was so gre\u00adat and ente\u00adred a new field of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon. We held a live work\u00adshop on \u201cVer\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening \u2014 year-round self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy\u201d. You can watch the web\u00adi\u00adnar after\u00adwards here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ano\u00adther demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon of the lush growth from the ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed. At the same time, ano\u00adther demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon of the lack of space on my bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I stand here as a radi\u00adant bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny ambassa\u00addor, appoin\u00adted by Natu\u00adre in the Gar\u00adden Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal<\/a>in front of my first ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So it sho\u00adne down from the street loo\u00adking up to the 6th flo\u00ador. You can pro\u00adba\u00adb\u00adly feel the cram\u00adped con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons here too. That\u2019s why ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening is the way to go. If you want to grow a lot, you should make the most of your space \u2014 ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Vertical<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Che\u00aders to ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening with a green smoothie and year-round self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy with herbs, fruit and vege\u00adta\u00adbles in orga\u00adnic qua\u00adli\u00adty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a video with Assem\u00adbly ins\u00adtruc\u00adtions and plan\u00adting tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening be some\u00adthing for you? This ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed has its pri\u00adce and is worth a lot: sus\u00adtainable, fresh, regio\u00adnal, space-uti\u00adli\u00adzing, brings healt\u00adhy vege\u00adta\u00adbles and herbs \u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Dr.<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler has pre\u00adpared a vou\u00adch\u00ader for EUR 30 for the orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny move\u00adment, which is a huge sup\u00adport for his visi\u00adon of edi\u00adble cities<\/mark>: Orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler Her\u00adbios\u00adGar\u00adden<\/a> pre\u00adsen\u00adted its visi\u00adon of edi\u00adble cities and its ver\u00adti\u00adcal beds at three orga\u00adnic bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny con\u00adgres\u00adses, which are con\u00adstant\u00adly being deve\u00adlo\u00adped fur\u00adther and adapt\u00aded even more to cus\u00adto\u00admer requi\u00adre\u00adments. New and very popu\u00adlar are the Cli\u00adma\u00adte ter\u00adraces<\/a>for over\u00adhea\u00adted attics, among other things. Inqui\u00adries about spe\u00adcial dimen\u00adsi\u00adons that are not in the store should be sent direct\u00adly to J\u00fcr\u00adgen Her\u00adler info@herbios.at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inex\u00adpen\u00adsi\u00adve ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening \u2014 DIY inex\u00adpen\u00adsi\u00adve ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can find inspi\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon for repli\u00adcas of this clas\u00adsic and expe\u00adri\u00adence reports here<\/a>. The con\u00adclu\u00adsi\u00adon of repli\u00adca\u00adtor Hei\u00adke Maresch: \u201cDeve\u00adlo\u00adping the design, sourcing, cut\u00adting, gla\u00adzing and assembling was a huge time com\u00admit\u00adment and an eter\u00adnal mess in the apart\u00adment \u2014 and it defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly did\u00adn\u2019t turn out as nice as the ori\u00adgi\u00adnals from Her\u00adbi\u00ados. Nevert\u00adhel\u00adess, I would\u00adn\u2019t have been able to afford to have it made to mea\u00adsu\u00adre and am now glad I tried. It\u2019s incre\u00addi\u00adble how much bet\u00adter the plants thri\u00adve with this con\u00adti\u00adnuous soil column for their roots. The rai\u00adsed bed con\u00adcept with a con\u00adti\u00adnuous soil column at the back is high\u00adly recom\u00admen\u00added. If you don\u2019t want to skimp, order the ori\u00adgi\u00adnal \u2014 it\u2019s nicer, bet\u00adter thought out, defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly more dura\u00adble (stain\u00adless steel ele\u00adments) and you\u2019ll save yours\u00adelf a lot of time.<\/strong><\/em>\u201e<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plant walls and trans\u00adform them into green oases from which you can har\u00adve\u00adst. Ver\u00adti\u00adcal gar\u00addening is the trend. I\u2019ll show you my func\u00adtio\u00adning, high-yield ver\u00adti\u00adcal bed on the wall of my nar\u00adrow snack bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[991,186],"tags":[1022,1023,374,182],"class_list":["post-3904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-grundlagen-besonders-fuer-einsteiger","tag-ernteglueck","tag-grundlagen","tag-pflanzgefaesse","tag-vertikales-gaertnern"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77411,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904\/revisions\/77411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}