December 25th Merry Christmas!!

 

Some Christmas Cheer .......

December 16 "R" Garden

 

Almost year end ........ and what a year it has been

"R" Garden has been through a number of frosts - the mustard seems happy, the kale continues to reach for the sky and even the calendula still offers a bloom

November 25 Back Garden

Decided to cover my leaves with bicycle helmet nets to keep wind from blowing them away ....... has worked well to date

 
Mesclun mix growing well through light frosts ....

Back gardens mulched with leaves, and the "Brokali" now providing salad add ons ........

November 15

 Sun through the trees

and fence art - when do people make these?

November 2 "R" Garden

Time to dig the dahlia tubers - previous years I would dig before frost - but read it is better to let them get frosted first ....... plenty of healthy clean tubers - fingers crossed for successful overwinter

the garden, minus the dahlias - note how much the mustard has grown!

I'm hoping some of the kale will overwinter (of course had to include one more colourful tree)

October 31 Happy Halloween!!

 

October 24 Bulbs Are In

 Early frost yesterday - beautiful sunny day today - spring flowering bulbs are now planted

October 18 Back Container Garden

 Finally a bloom from the dahlia started from seed this spring - hopefully the tubers will overwinter - love the dark foliage

and the containers - mesclun mix (from three pellets)

almost time to clear the plants and prepare continers for planting spring flowering bulbs

a fall harvest radish!!

October 18 More Fall Colour

Just had to add one more .........

October 13 "R" Garden

 Dahlias still looking colourful, and the seeded mustard is making a nice ground cover, and more colour - kale leaf

October 5 A Splash of Fall Colour

 

September 29 Beds 10/11 and 64

 Managed a few pea pods for salads from Bed 64 and Tithonia and Sunflowers nearing their end - although the birds seem to  enjoy the seeds of both

Beds 10/11 with wee greens beginning to show, and Hong Vit Leaf Radish looking good

Nasturtium seem to enjoy the fall weather ......

End of September Back Container Garden

The end of September fast approaches, and the plants are looking a little tired - but still some harvest to be had from the peppers and a few tomatoes ........ Sunchocola F1 (far left) remained healthy and tasty the entire season and the basil (far right) is looking amazing!

September 26th harvest - first of the "Brokali" and last of the tomatoes and peppers

September 19 Update on R Garden

dahlias just get better and better ...... really happy with R Garden this year considering the little time I spent tending it ......

a close up - Dazzling Sun to the left, Papageno to the right - both beautiful

the Winter Rainbow and Dazzling Blue kale keeps on growing ...... some mildew is beginning, but hopefully the plants will outgrow this as the cooler weather approaches - I'm hoping to over-winter these for early spring sprouts - the from plant, while the least colourful, seems to be the most mildew resistant

my mustard seed has sprouted - will see if it makes it through our winter - will be a good ground cover for now

sunflowers and zinnias add to the colour

September 18 Beds 10/11 and 64

back to the triple raised beds ....... Beds 10/11 were seeded with WCS Mesclun Mix, WCS Fast and Furious Lettuce and WCS Mustard Blend, but I may have waited too long too much of a result; the Masai bush beans are still wonderful - a definite grow again next year

snap peas are now in bloom and radishes just showing to the right ....... but not happy with growth of mesclun mix - my guess is all the wood chips in the soil mix are depleting nitrogen supply - peas do well because they produce their own ........

time to save a few nasturtium seed

September 18 Back Garden Update

 mid September and some of the tomato plants have been removed - these no longer had tomatoes that would ripen

the pepper plants, while looking a little bedraggled are still producing ....... here is the latest haul

and the overview - with the basil on the right now the star!!