Vegetable gardening

I was keen to try vegetable gardening and started the first lot on my own, after a little reading on the Internet.  I grew brinjal, capsicum, tomato and chilli -- I had fair results with the first three, but no luck with the chillis. Then I attended a wonderful workshop on container vegetable gardening by Mani of geekgardener and Raj of Organic Kitchen Garden blogs and learnt all about the correct way to germinate seeds, transplant the seedlings and feed the growing plants. With their invaluable advice, I 'm hoping to have better results with my second attempt. This time I've planted lettuce, beans, tomato and cucumber with seeds Raj 'sold' (at very nominal prices to ensure people do use the seeds) at the workshop.

Here are some pictures of the first attempt; these were germinated from seed and transplanted into small pots.

Brinjal

Capsicum

Tomato

These plants were further transplanted into large pots, which were to be their final home. Here are pictures of the mature plants with fruit.

Brinjal

Capsicum

Tomato

Finally, here are pictures of the harvested vegetables and the dishes I made from them. 

Brinjals and tomatoes and with a sprig mint also grown on my balcony

Bruschetta and grilled aubergine with yoghurt dip

Except for the garlic in the dip, all the vegetables in these dishes were grown on my balcony!