November 27 "R" Garden

A very rainy day at the garden .....

Radicchio  Variegato di Lusia  "Bel Fiore" starting to head up

overview

from back to front:  Santee, Brokali, Brussels Sprouts and Chard

and another Santee Sprouting Broccoli - love the dark green wavy leaves

November 23 Barge Chilling Beach in the Making

View from Vanier Park of newly beached barge - arrived during major storm on November 15

On December 15 the Vancouver Park Board renamed this section of beach as "Barge Chilling Beach" .....

this Mallard seems quite happy about the whole story

November 12 Beds 10-11 and 64

 Bed 10 with Mizuna and Watermelon Radish

Bed 64 Kale

Bed 64 Breen lettuce ready to harvest

Bed 11 with nasturtiums still flowering

Three Days at "R" Garden

Yes, took me three days - to dig the dahlias, weed, and put down leaf mulch for the winter ...... 

Done - November 2 - just in time for yet another Rainfall Warning

a few light frosts, so time to dig the dahlias

first of my fall/winter harvest

Day 1 Progress

tubers are healthy and plentiful, now just to overwinter them

never noticed this before - roots springing from cosmos stems that had fallen to the ground!!

October 31 Happy Halloween

 

End of October Walks and Bulb Planting

a few lovely fall days in between the rains ...... what better time for walks and more bulb planting

not my dahlias, but just love the colours 

October 22 Beds 10/11 and 64

The time has come to remove the last of the tomatoes, radishes and a few quite large scallions ..... love the look of the beds with the colourful leaves

Beedy's Camden Kale and Breen lettuce still going strong ...... a lot of baby greens seedlings under the mulch

Queen Lime Orange zinnia - one flower was ready for seed saving, now drying indoors ..... have no idea if this is opened pollinated - will see what grows next season

watermelon radish and mizuna loving this fall weather; baby scallions hiding in the mulch

the last of the harvest for this year from Beds 10/11 and 64; most of the tomatoes are Russian Black Pear, two Kits Find and one Lillian's Yellow Heirloom x Dwarf Speckled Heart cross - hopefully will ripen indoors; the scallions (Kincho) look more like leeks ..... but they have grown all summer