This is the first pepper of the season. Incredibly hot and humid weather for the past week along with yesterday’s downpour has helped along the peppers. We haven’t had much luck with peppers in the past, but hopefully this year will be better.
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Today there was a workshop about pruning at St.Ignatiaus Farm in Guelph. Pruning is something that we need to learn more about. Books aren’t quite the same as seeing the real thing. Asking an experienced orchardist is very valuable. Seeing a number of good examples of central leader trees was incredibly instructional. Below are examples [...]
Temperatures have been warm lately, warm enough to tempt some plants into growing. Unfortunately we have cold weather in the near future. The lilac tree buds have swollen and look almost ready to start bursting.
Last year’s chard is sprouting new leaves to great surprise. Row cover is now over the rhubarb to keep it from [...]
2010 seed catalogues.
It is the time of year that when even a slightly warm breeze passed my face I get chills and want to have my fingers flipping through a seed catalogue. The possibilities of the new season lie seductively in the pages of the 2010 seed catalogue. Interesting plants., herbs. berry bushes, and [...]
New and improved chicken door.
Our chicken coop renovation is partially finished. The set-up we had for the chickens to get in and out of the barn was a bit silly. We had to move a door and put a chiar braced with wood at the gate so the sheep couldn’t get in. Mr. Tufts [...]