July 2 Garlic and Cukes

nice picking of gherkins ...... a little spiny, but it rubs off .... mild and crunchy

garlic before the dig ...... read somewhere to harvest 5 weeks after scapes appears ...... so here goes

Northern Quebec Porcelain

Georgian Fire

Creme de la Rasa

Elephant

really happy with results ..... no breaks in wrappers and a good size .... no rust this year ...... now into the cool dark storage shed for curing

 

July 1 Happy Canada Day!!

 

June 30 'R' Garden

 last day of June ...... 

dahlias looking good, apart from the ants and aphids ........ just keep squishing them 

love the light colour of this self-seeded calendula

cabbage still growing

more calendula .... a few plants will fill a garden .... and their petals are edible

harvest!  small zucchini, snap peas and selection from Morton's lettuce mix

June 28 Rest of Back Summer Garden

June 29 Up Close with Back Yard Tomatoes

overview - check out the rampant Rebel Starfighter Prime with large tomato

Pink Berkeley Tie Dye plant

and fruit set

Harmonic Convergence fruit

plant

Blood Moon plant

fruit - antho showing

Sara's Ollala Emerald plant

and fruit

Lucky Tiger plant

and fruit

Tatjiana pant

and fruit

Rebel Starfighter Prime plant

and fruit - heavy anthocyanin

overview of side garden container tomatoes

Chocolate Sprinkles plant

and fruit

Rebel Starfighter Prime (plant 2) - this one from Gallactic Seed source

and fruit

Yellow Brick Road

and fruit

Bendigo Moon plant

and fruit

June 25 Back Forty

we have baby cukes .......

this Rebel Starfighter Prime was first to set and well on its way to ripening, however the plant is not looking good ...... 

Yellow Brick Road .... lovely little dwarf with good fruit set

Canada Day Lilies, red is a bit early to bloom .......

love the colour combinations on these marigolds

time to feed; I find this combination works well ..... although the Thrive Alive B1 is rather hard to fine and expensive