Cambie Garden Spring Cleaning - April 14

The weather cooperated, and we were able to do some spring cleaning, trellis prep and compost bin area clean up

The Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Red Russian Kale continue to provide a bountiful harvest - here is a website with some great ideas for using all those early spring greens

http://whistlingtrainfarm.com/rapini%E2%80%94its-all-in-the-name/

 

April Sowing - April 8

Finally our radishes are starting to emerge .... but no sign of either the snap peas or the climbing peas other than a few nibbled seeds .......

The wheat, garlic, potato onions and red mustard all look good, and the raspberries are starting to leaf out. Hopefully our potatoes will start to show in a few more weeks.

The Tuscan Kale is flowering, so hopefully we'll get some seed to resow.

Work continues on garden structures - we now have two trellises for climbing veggies to be sown when the season warms.

Sowed more radishes - this time white ones, and Venidium for our flower bed ....

The Hoop House is Up - March 25

Thanks to many hands, the hoop house is now covered and the soil is getting a head start on warming up for the eggplants, peppers and maybe some okra

Winter Green - February 19, 2012

So good to get back to the garden - and the rain let up long enough to do some planting - a new blueberry bush - Patriot - an early one with excellent taste, also did a block of Sugar Sprint and Sugar Lace II snap peas and two rows of purple pod snow peas .... and two rows of small seeded Lorane favas - a good start to the season - pea and bean seeds were treated with inoculant to help the plants grow better

A great harvest of parsnips (delicious roasted with a wee bit of salt and olive oil) - and have a look at the potato onions - came through the winter and thriving ........

Sept 4 - No Glut of Squash - Winter Garden Progressing

We managed to harvest another spaghetti squash - three in total out of the original 15 or more that disappeared

And look at our winter veggies - turnips are growing well

The beans continue to provide a bountiful harvest and the sunflowers are at their best as the end of summer approaches ........

More to Harvest More to Sow - July 24

Summer has finally arrived - and the plants are loving it ...

Our harvest today included lots of garlic, spring onion, potato, golden beets and kale.

The radish seed pods are growing plump and we have both cherry and roma tomatos set -

the sunflowers are amazing - and the dwarf plants should be flowering by next week.

We also discovered something new to us - a garlic bulb setting baby cloves up its stalk -

Also sowed more beets, green beans and a first sowing of watermelon radish - these should all make for a bountiful fall harvest along with our lacinato (dinosaur) kale

A Small Bouquet in Celebration of Summer - July 17

Summer in the City - July 17

After one of the longest "springs" in memory - summer has finally decided to make an appearance!! Cucumber, frisee and parsnips have taken off - all trying to keep up with the sunflowers. We harvested some nice sized garlic bulbs and discovered a number of female blossoms on the spaggetti squash.

Summer Colours in the Garden - July 10

Crocosmia, Pot Marigold (Calendula) and another sunflower update. Calendula petals make a lovely addition to summer salads ....

New Seedlings and Wee Carrots - July 3

Garlic will soon be ready to harvest, potatoes are taking over their bed and some lovely baby carrots were a taste treat. Parsnips, cucucmbers and golden frisee have sprouted and the sunflowers continue to stretch to the sky.