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ABOUT JAMIE

Jamie

Hi! I'm Jamie, Amirah's Dad and I love spending quality time with Amirah in our little veg patch. We live in Dubai. I love teaching her about gardening, and how we grow our own....

ABOUT AMIRAH

Amirah

Hi Guys, I'm Amirah! I am 6 years old. I like to be in the garden because I get to see baby birds. My favorite seeds to plant are sunflowers and my favorite thing to harvest is everything!!

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🍆 Harvest time! 🙌🏻 Our eggplants have rea 🍆 Harvest time! 🙌🏻 Our eggplants have really picked up after the unusually cool and wet January we had this year. They are loaded with fruit and continuously blooming, promising lots more harvests. We are picking harvests like this frequently at the moment. This variety is called Ping Tung Long. While the plants are vigorous, they remain quite compact and produce a reasonable amount of good looking fruit. The fruit ripens early, is less bitter than many other varieties, with a lovely soft texture and skin. We don’t grow the bigger varieties such as black beauty currently, as we find the Ping Tung’s much nicer to eat. We particularly enjoy these in curries. Definitely our favourite eggplant variety so far and will be on the ‘To Grow Next Year’ list! Have you tried growing/eating this 🍆variety? . . . . . #dubaigarden #growyourown #urbangarden #kitchengarden #potager #greenfingers #mydubai #urbangardening #vegetablegarden #vegpatch #gardenersofinstagram #growyourownfood #squarefootgardening #organic #organicdubai #thehappygardeninglife #greenthumb #fromseed #homegrown #eggplants #mydubaigarden #organicgarden #backyardgardening #mygarden #ediblegarden #veggiepatch #gyo #pingtung
For more ideas on what to grow, visit our website For more ideas on what to grow, visit our website (link in bio) and download your free growing calendar today. We have specifically designed this calendar for the UAE climate, and as far as we know its the most comprehensive sowing calendar available here! Let us know below if you find it useful! #growingcalendar #summergarden #growyourown #gyo #dubaigarden #gardenideas #hurryupandgrow #desertgardening #desertgarden #heatlovingplants #urbangardening #urbangarden #greenfingers #gardentips #gardenblog #gardenbloggers
Want to know what to grow vertically? ⬇️ We d Want to know what to grow vertically? ⬇️ We don’t have a particularly big garden, so we need to use all our space to the maximum extent possible. Growing vertically allows us to grow plants such as these melons which would normally take up a lot of room! All these plants (and more) can be grown on a trellis: Melon Watermelon Sweet potato Beans Squash (winter and summer) Luffa Cucumbers Tomatoes #gardentips #growyourown #gyo #verticalgarden #verticalgrowing #urbangarden #urbangardening #gardeningwithkids
Look at this colourful tomato harvest! 🍅🌈 Look at this colourful tomato harvest! 🍅🌈 There's nothing quite like the satisfaction of growing your own tomatoes, and these beauties are the perfect example. From deep reds to bright yellows, and even some unique striped varieties (not pictured here), you’ve got to admire how tomatoes brighten up the garden. Not sure what’s on the cards for this basket, as there are still tomatoes in the fridge from the last harvest 🙈 What's your favourite way to enjoy fresh tomatoes? #tomatoharvest #homegrown #colourfulgarden #freshproduce #gardeninglife #gyo #growyourown #tomatoes #urbangarden #backyardgarden #dubaigarden #grownfromseed #organic #organicdubai
Just a quick video as we prepare the small @vegepo Just a quick video as we prepare the small @vegepod for another season! @vegepodme @vegepod_uk_ireland #urbangarden #kidsgardening #soil #organic #gardenprep #soilprep #dubaigarden #organicdubai #growyourown #gyo
Amirah took charge of the garden yesterday evening Amirah took charge of the garden yesterday evening while I was out in the desert with friends. She was on a mission to harvest all the ripe tomatoes and she did a great job - swipe to see the harvest! To be honest we can barely keep up…a good complaint to have! She also (with the help of @debralawlor) bagged the rest of the tomatoes to prevent the birds from robbing them! #tomatoes #urbangarden #harvest #tomatoharvest #dubaikids #organic #organicdubai #growyourown #kidsgardening #dubai #gyo #backyardgarden
Our carrots have done well this year. We’ve be Our carrots have done well this year. We’ve been harvesting carrots for a few weeks now, mainly we just pull a few for dinner as and when needed. This was the last of them in the raised bed. We needed the space to start sowing and growing the heat loving plants. In our experience, the more sunlight you can give carrots the better they will grow. These were all planted at the front of our sunniest garden beds. #harvest #carrots #kidsgarden #gardeningwithkids #gardentips #growyourownfood #growyourown #gyo #urbanfoodgrowing #urbangarden #organicfood #organicdubai #dubaikids
Our favourite time together in the garden has to b Our favourite time together in the garden has to be harvest time 🤣 It’s payment for the time invested! Captured here is an awesome little girl and 6 varieties of tomatoes! This picture is taken from last weekend (just before we went on holiday). Instead of leaving this harvest and hoping they’d last til we got back, we washed and froze the tomatoes whole so that we can use them later. #growyourown #gyo #tomatoharvest #tomatoes #sungoldtomatoes #blackcherrytomatoes #barryscrazycherrytomatoes #stripedstuffertomatoes #gardenersdelighttomatoes #goldensunrisetomato #kidsgarden #organic #organicdubai #urbangarden #smallspacegardening #backyardgarden
Moments like this is why I started our garden. Why Moments like this is why I started our garden. Why did you start yours? Or why haven’t you started yet?! #specialmoments #kidsgardening #gyo #growyourown #dubaigarden #organicdubai #kidsgarden #dubaikids #urbangarden #smallspacegardening #tomatoes #tomatoharvest #harvest
Amirah and I spent most of yesterday in the garden Amirah and I spent most of yesterday in the garden. We had a lot of fun, arts & crafts, reading, some construction and of course we managed to get a bit of gardening in! We cleared one of the beds almost entirely to make space for our melons and squash. Want to grow something but don’t know what is suitable? Head over to our website and download our seed sowing calendar #growyourown #kidsgardening #harvest #organicdubai #organic #gyo #carrots #turnips #rednoodlebeans #growingseason #familytime
Both Amirah and I love popping into @the.garden.co Both Amirah and I love popping into @the.garden.concept store for a browse. FYI they stock a nice selection of seeds there. We were on a mission to pick out varieties we can grow now. In case you didn’t know, there is still things to sow from seed, such as melons and watermelons. We also picked out some flower seeds which will tolerate the heat of the coming months, such as alyssum and vinca. In case you want to grow tomatoes, peppers and eggplants, you’ll need to grow these from transplants now as it is too late to start from seed. There were loads of transplants available in the store too so grab some now to plant before it’s too late! #thegardenconceptstore #kidsgardening #growyourown #seedstarting #sowwhatyougrow #growwhatyoueat #urbangardening #dubai #gyo
Amirahs first time trying spring onions 😂 (aka Amirahs first time trying spring onions 😂 (aka green onions / scallions). She spotted them and randomly decided to pick one and asked me if she could it eat it 🤷🏼‍♂️ #growwhatyoueat #eatwhatyougrow #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #growyourown #harvest #greenonion #springonion #organic #organicdubai #backyardgarden #scallions #urbangarden #veggiegarden #veggarden
It can be really tempting to wait for all tomatoes It can be really tempting to wait for all tomatoes on a truss to fully ripen for that instagram worthy picture! By picking your tomatoes as soon as they are ripe or even a little bit before will help maximise the plants fruit production, maximise your harvest (by beating birds and other pests) and help ripen the remaining fruit quicker! Follow for more #gardentips #tomatoes #harvest #growfromseed #tomatoharvest #grownfromseed #organic #organicdubai #backyardgarden #backyardgardening #urbangarden #urbangardening #growyourownfood #growyourown #gyo
We had a lot of fun harvesting most of the beetroo We had a lot of fun harvesting most of the beetroot yesterday. The plan is to pickle it later today. These were the remainder of the multi-sown beetroot, so they took a bit longer to get to a useable size. Harvesting these cleared a bit of space in the raised beds, which we will plant up asap. You can still sow beetroot this month by the way, but don’t delay too much longer if you want a decent harvest! Follow along for more timely garden tips #beetroot #kidswhogarden #kidsgardening #eatwhatyougrow #growwhatyoueat #veggiegarden #growyourown #growyourownfood #growyourfood #eathealthy #organic #organicdubai #gardencoach #amirahandjamiesgarden #urbanvegetablegarden #homegrown
Always an enjoyable visit to @emiratesbiofarm 😀 Always an enjoyable visit to @emiratesbiofarm 😀 This is an organic farm in the desert that kids and adults alike will enjoy. Take a tractor tour of the farm, learn about organic farming practices, feed the goats and harvest some veggies! There is also an organic restaurant and farm shop there to stop into before you leave. Not sponsored in anyway, just sharing a nice family activity we have enjoyed doing for many years! #kidsindubai #dubaikids #organicdubai #uaekids #sustainability #organicfarm #organicfarming
Grabbing the essentials for a Kohl Rabi slaw and d Grabbing the essentials for a Kohl Rabi slaw and dinner on a rainy day in #dubai #harvest #frommygarden #growyourownfood #kidsgardening
This Swiss chard is as colourful as Amirahs dress This Swiss chard is as colourful as Amirahs dress 😂 This season has been a massive one for our Swiss chard. It’s growing so well we can’t keep up with it! So here are the ways we have used it so far: 1. Sautéed with garlic as a side dish 2. In omelettes 3. Smoothies 4. In bolognaise 5. In the freezer (for later use). Comment below if you have any other suggestions for us - we need more ideas 🤣 #eathealthy #sustainability #sustainablegardening #harvest #harvesttime #frommygarden #kidsgardening #eatwhatyougrow #growyourown #growyourownfood #vegetablegarden #dubai #greenfingers #swisschard #chard #organicdubai #organic #organicgardening #organicgarden
Great initiative by @mcdonaldsuae to encourage fam Great initiative by @mcdonaldsuae to encourage family time & remind people of the importance of planting and caring for our environment. @eegemirates @delmontearabia #littleseedsofhope #familytime #kidsgardening
1. Cover the fruit! Birds, caterpillars and other 1. Cover the fruit! Birds, caterpillars and other creatures know how good these tomatoes taste, so a sure way to get a better harvest is to make sure you actually get to harvest!! We always leave a few for the birds though. Sharing is caring 😀 2. Mulch. Uneven moisture levels will cause your tomatoes to split as they ripen. Keep the plant roots from drying out as quickly by mulching, we use compost and bark chips. The compost also improves your soil by adding some nutrients and organic matter. 3. Support your plants as the grow. Broken branches aren’t conducive to a good harvest, and by staking your tomatoes upright it keeps the fruit from rotting on the ground as well as aiding airflow around the plants #tomatoes #tomatogrowalong #gardentips #organic #organicdubai #growyourown #backyardgarden #urbangarden
I’ve been waiting for these beetroot! They are f I’ve been waiting for these beetroot! They are fun to grow, although it seems to take ages for them to start swelling but almost no time after that until they are ready to harvest. This year I tried multi sowing, where we had 3 plants on each space. We just harvested the biggest beets, leaving the two smaller ones to grow on. They should be ready to harvest soon!
I always teach people to start by growing what you I always teach people to start by growing what you like to eat. And even better if you can grow something your kids like to eat. Look at Amirahs enthusiasm harvesting a few little cucumbers here… Amirah has been pretty keen to start learning how to chop vegetables, so part of the excitement of the harvest is not just eating it, but preparing it! Using non-gardening related interests is a great way to get the kids into the garden. Next I’ll try to capitalise on this excitement and get Amirah to sow more cucumber seeds.
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