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The Big Dig

jennifer — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:59:31 +0000

This past season we have had some successes and some not so successes. One of our not-so-successes has been our nightshades, particularly our tomatoes and potatoes. Our eggplants seem to be okay but we don’t have a lot. Much like last year our tomato and potato plants got late blight. This is a nasty “water mold” [...]

The gardens are growing!

jennifer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:12:05 +0000

This time of year is great! It is when the garden is just beginning to express it’s full potential. We have eaten our first cucumber as seen on Tim’s head. The first squash are really coming along and the lettuce seed forest is almost ready to get seeds from.

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Pick an Organic Pepper

jennifer — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:35:14 +0000

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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Pruning Time

jennifer — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:42:59 +0000

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 [...]

Jumping the Gun

jennifer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:39:51 +0000

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 [...]