Happy New Year!
2 weeks ago
Here's a clever device: Potmaker from Lee Valley. If you'd rather save the $17 for something else, there's always this device free method of making pots from newspaper. After skimming through the comments, it appears that the water evaporates quickly and the pots get wet (but not wet enough to break it down completely before planting in the soil), so I'm not entirely sure if it's a great idea. We will see : ) I'll give it a try when Spring arrives.
Yes, this means pretty much everything in the field is under a blanket of snow. Goodbye, lovely carrots and peas! The only plants I could rescue were two containers of bok choy, a baby strawberry plant and a small pot of rosemary. Unfortunately, a handful of salt got on to one of the two bok choy containers, so now there are only two small suviving bok choys. Aww, how sad.
I can sure feel that. Bur.
Container plants not liking the new and rather dull looking scenery.
I can sure feel that. Bur.
Container plants not liking the new and rather dull looking scenery.
Fact sheets on gardening from the Toronto Botanical Garden website.
There's a Q&A Ask A Master Gardener forum.
A number of links at the Community Garden Network.
There's a Q&A Ask A Master Gardener forum.
A number of links at the Community Garden Network.
My windowsill basil's life is coming to an end, but it's all good! There is now a stash of little basil seeds waiting to be grown.
How to collect basil seeds.
How to collect basil seeds.
I cautiously dug around the roots to see whether or not I should green bin it. Pretty much half the vegetables in my field have either bolted or have been eaten by slugs.
Great! I will have to put a giant bottle over it before snow starts to fall
I'm pretty sure they're going to make it this time *fingers crossed*
There's something wrong with the seedlings because they're much too tiny for their age, a shocking seven weeks old. Maybe it's the low temperature that's hindering their growth.
There's something wrong with the seedlings because they're much too tiny for their age, a shocking seven weeks old. Maybe it's the low temperature that's hindering their growth.
There isn't much to do in the yard, so I decided to surf the internet. I came across this amazing site that lets you download unique Blogger templates. Loving the look of this blog now!
Former runner from my first strawberry plant
The only container of seedlings the squirrels that frequent my backyard didn't raid. I wonder why they chose to spare this one
The peas are in the field, so I hope they survive tonight's potential frost
Didn't think this one would survive, but it did! Yes!
Picked two fabulous looking pumpkins at Pingle's this weekend
Not as easy of a task as I thought it would be. The last time I carved pumpkins was in elementary school~ the memories!
Jackie feeling extra pretty now
Jackie feeling extra pretty now
"Psst, I hear he's a watermelon gone horribly wrong""You don't say..."
What gives?! I just raked it yesterday!
Not a lot of survivors. The bok choys in the greenhouse and peas are the only ones clinging on to life. The boy choys that were transplanted to the field earlier on have been gobbled up by some cursed slugs. The lettuce seedlings are alright but have been the size of a dime for the past two weeks. How unnatural is that? One cauliflower is bolting while the rest look terribly wilted. The carrots don't seem to be growing at all. Looks like my fall plan won't work out after all : ( what a bummer.
One and only fully grown bok choy. It was extra tasty
Never thought I would see Spongebob at the supermarket tending watermelons, but that's exactly what he's doing here.
Even Patrick is participating!
Oh, what a mess
Not sure why the radish on the left is more purple than the other two
Mini bell peppers are finally ready! The grape tomato looks like the red pepper
Aww, how cute. They're nice to look at but pretty impractical when it comes to incorporating them in a meal
So it turns out that the funny shaped eggplant really is a Rosa Bianca eggplant, not a black Beauty. It's all good though because this eggplant looks great!
Oh, not so much anymore when I flip the vegetable over
Ack
Why????
Oh, it's those cursed slugs
Took several long hours to get there by bus, but it was more than worth it. What a spectacular city with its beautiful architecture and wonderful people!
The greenhouse got knocked down by the vigorous wind that has been hitting the city by surprise. I could barely make it from Loblaws back to my car the other day and it was only a few feet away. Anyhoo, there is now a wonderful mess in the yard with soil and pots scattered everywhere, most of them piled near the shed hole. Hmph.
I was so thrilled when I found several zucchini flowers at this time of year
Then I saw this poor bird. Sorry zucchini plant but you have to go now because memories of my late birds Elmo and Apple are resurfacing :*(
The "good things groooooooow in Ontarioooo" song is now stuck on repeat in my head
Aww, look at teeny tiny bunny squished into a teeny tiny corner. He could fit in the palm of my hand
For the longest time my venus flytrap was nothing more than a windowsill decoration. Then yesterday I got a nice surprise in the morning - look, it finally caught a fruit fly! Yes! Devour that little sucker >:D
Got to start this soon or it will be too late
Look what I found: a baby marigold flourishing outside the vegetable patch. It's now one with the lawn
Discovered a few sprigs of thyme growing in between the rose bushes
Here's a baby strawberry very much alive underneath a canopy of fallen rose petals and leaves
My neighbour's new angry-at-the-world dog has finally taken a liking to me :D Now I can clean up the yard without fear that something will gnaw at my ankles.
A bit of white mould like stuff growing around the roots of a potted lettuce
Pretty gross looking hole in the bolting lettuce stem
A bit of white mould like stuff growing around the roots of a potted lettuce
I really need to relax when it comes to watering my plants. Luckily, less than a dozen out of a hundred have bursted.
Despite the mess...
...they're growing! Look at it swell up, day 35
Got to start trimming this basil plant again into a round ball
Second generation pea seedling
Since the Venus fly trap isn't doing its job, I have to resort to sticky tape to get rid of the insects in my bedroom
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