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10d •
Planning fall
I know gardens are barely up after the spring/summer we’ve had here in AB. I ordered my steam juicer. Between apples, rhubarb, Saskatoons, haskaps and Strawberries, there’s a lot of juice and jelly to be made. I am picking up the canner from my dad’s this weekend. And my aunt has more jars for me. So we will have a busy fall. Not sure how much I will have for my veggies, everything is real slow. Hoping for great tomatoes, but so far, only blossoms not a single green tomato
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@Charlotte Sickels well it’s something to consider. With it being such a cold spring/summer until 2 weeks ago, not entirely surprising. They plants are 4’ tall and growing so 🤞
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@Charlotte Sickels or I grew compost lol
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Finally some sun!
And still a fair amount of rain. The lower garden was almost dry enough to till, and it rained. So we pivoted this bed to no till as well. The potatoes were tossed on the ground with a bit of left over compost and the covered in straw. Last week they were starting so push through and today they were tall enough to top off with straw again. If they all do well, no idea where I am storing 50 plants worth of potatoes 😂. I also have some gangly seedlings I was going to compost, but I think I will put them in the lower bed and see what happens. Worst case scenario I have a bigger compost pile. That is not a bad thing. The collage - top photo is July 8 bottom photo is July 16
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@Charlotte Sickels me too! Lots of people in our county have lost their gardens to flooding, and if not flooding, then hail. We have a cistern, no well, no creek. I have some barrels for rain collection and a pump. Goal is to improve the soil health and biome and keep a thick mulch and never need to water lol. That is a 5 year plan. Already planning to bring in topsoil next year and more compost, since I don’t think mine will be ready yet.
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Decided to order hail netting. To many people losing their gardens. I have invested to much energy for this to become mulch. This poor soul’s garden :(
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Daffodil Step 1
Step 1 of daffodil build is complete! My son and I plan to start building this week! I’ve been planning this for nearly two years. I’m incredibly happy to I have it under way! Stay tuned….
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So exciting!
Jun 16 •
Wow what a difference a week with sunshine can make
Or 3 days. Is it too late to cover brassicas? Something is picked at my pak choy
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Things are growing … on their own timeline
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And 3 weeks later, I pivoted halfway through June, realizing that with all the rain, I’d never get in the garden. I switched to no dig, invested in straw as mulch. I have been able to get in to week, although there is now very minimal weeds, the soil temps are holding steady, even in the rain it’s warm under the mulch. But in the heat (27°C today) the soil is still and even 20°C. The raised beds are warmer but. It cooking. I love the pan picture! My little homestead!! In a few years we are getting laying hens. And maybe something else. But right now the focus is growing fruits and veggies, not meat.
24d •
Passive solar greenhouse
Hey I saw the announcement! I am excited for this. Will you also be doing one that isn’t quite so big? I don’t have a space for something that large. We are looking at 12x8 ish. 24 x12 is large foot print on a treed property
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