Made by MeghanIt is a grey and very wet day in Vancouver this morning. Thank goodness it was lovely Saturday morning when I snapped photos of the 2-year-old Golden Prolific Dwarf nectarine tree, because I seriously need this to believe it is actually spring today:
Using vague instructions from The New Self-Sufficient Gardener by John Seymour (see page 134), two old garbage bins [well-scrubbed] and seed potatoes from Westcoast Seeds we attempted to grow our own baked potatoes this year. We were cautioned, via instructions that came with the seed potatoes, to limit irrigation BEFORE we had growth, and I […]
There is this huge fig tree at the back of our yard. It has huge leaves. It is currently fall therefore the tree is currently shedding its huge leaves. The rose/garlic bed might like to be mulched. I am not totally sure about this as I am still learning how to “read” the soil and […]
It has been crazy busy around here, and, though I have planned a number of posts for the blog, and even taken a few illustrating pictures, I haven’t managed to write any of the individual posts. So here is a teaser of some upcoming projects: These are fresh chocolate mint leaves soaking in condensed milk. […]
This is my very first time attempting to grow sunflowers. I wanted to collect the seeds so I planted two edible types. Last week, just as the tallest of the bunch was almost ready to bloom, some critter (who I hazard to guess is black, furry with a long tail and has a propensity for […]
What’s that? Could it possibly be that the tomatoes are trying to ripen? Thank goodness… the garden has been such a write off this year that we were beginning to think we wouldn’t get any harvest other than some early spinach, lettuce and, so far, ONE zucchini. FYI – yes, that is red mulch you […]
The last few days have not been kind to the garden–lots of rain and lower temperatures. Powdery mildew is trying to take hold of the squash plants, and I am seriously worried that what was shaping up to be a bumper crop of tomatoes will now be a breeding ground for blight. Despite that, this […]
Tomorrow I will puree this bad boy and the flea beetles plaguing the tomatoes will flee in terror…. FLEE in TERROR…. Muah… ha… ha!!!! As a side note, I doubt it would work on zombies, but vampires, now they would absolutely loathe it! Err, yes. The recipe can be found on page 117 in Gayla […]
A bunch of little seedlings made their transitions out into the big wide world of the garden this weekend, and I thought, as a collection, they made a sweet, though photo heavy, blog post (I think there are too many commas in that last sentence…). I requested a cool three-tier wooden pot to house another […]