These last weeks, it has been pretty busy around here. Hoping I get a chance now to put up some posts on what we have been up to. Here's our Greenhouse - I've been spending quite a bit of time in there the last couple of days. This photo was taken last summer. In my Cold Room Inventory post, I wrote about hunting around downstairs only to find we had no green beans left in … [Read more...]
How to Weed an Asparagus Patch
Here's how to weed an Asparagus patch to grow healthy plentiful stalks of Asparagus every year. Asparagus is one of the very early treats in our garden. By the time it's ready for picking in June, we're itching for fresh garden vegetables. And nothing can beat the taste of fresh Asparagus! Steamed very lightly for maybe 4 minutes tops, it's one of our favourite sides dishes at dinner. Part … [Read more...]
Direct Seeding (for Amanda)
Amanda has been reading our updates for quite awhile now - as a beginning gardener, she asks great questions that I try to answer in the Comments section. The other day, I wrote about Starting Seeds Indoors Under Lights. Amanda left a comment and I thought I should write up a post with more information. Please let me know if this helps you out too, as I know we have a lot of beginning … [Read more...]
Garlic and Jerusalem Artichokes
Remember all that garlic I harvested last year? We had hundreds of heads and while we have eaten a lot of them (we love Garlic!), we still have lots left. We didn't bring any with us down south because I wasn't sure they would let us take them over the border. Even if we had gotten across with them, the veggie patrollers at the California border would likely not let us through with … [Read more...]
Tucking Your Yard In For The Winter – Part 1
Ahhh, Fall - that wonderful time of the year. The temperatures are dropping and it's wonderful for working outside. The leaves start changing colour and just by looking around, you can see everything starting to get ready for the coming Winter. Now is the time to start tucking your yard in for the Winter. The Garden Harvests have slowed down … [Read more...]
HomeGrown Dinner
Dinners here in the Valley are pretty darn good. Almost every night, everything on the table is HomeGrown, from meat to fruit. A lot of evenings we skip the carbs and just have fresh garden veggies with some meat. That Pork roast came from one of our pigs (last year). The Gman carved the roast into 4 Pork steaks and we enjoyed those for a couple of meals. Add a head of cauliflower and … [Read more...]
Garden Preparation and Tilling
Most of our main Garden is tilled! Over the last several days, Graham has manhandled our awful (but free!) rototiller thru all four sections of the Main Garden. Here's the main vegetable garden. Can you tell that it is separated into four different garden areas? Two upper, two lower. We use a four year garden rotation. Note: These photos are from a few years ago. We now … [Read more...]
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