Monday, 23 July 2012

Most of my radishes bolted and have become woody and tough. I pulled out the majority and replanted.

I also planted more spinach, lettuce and a few more pea plants the other day to have a new crop late summer/early fall. My lettuce did come back though, after the hail. More plants bolted through the week though. I think next year I will look for a bolt resistant variety of lettuce and spinach for the sunny parts of the yard and try something similar to the ones I planted this year in the shadier parts of my garden, like under my ash tree. Especially the Mesculin Spicy mix lettuce that I planted. They seem to be the least tolerant of the summer heat here.

I will also be mixing in a bunch of top soil with manure from the farm this fall and rotor till it in this fall.

Here are some of my peas growing. These are sugar peas with edible pod.
Here are some of my beets after the hail. 

swiss chard, carrots and peas with a little parsley.


Here is some lettuce. This area of the garden didn't have too much bolting.

Lettuce that i bought on clearance from Lowes one day last month. a 6 pack for $0.99

Here are two tomato plants. the one on the left I got from Ellerslie Greenhouse on clearance. The one on the right i started from seed early. When I transplanted the one I started from seed it died back a bit and then came back. It isn't the biggest plant but I still have hopes of yummy tomatoes from it! As you can see, the one from the greenhouse has tomatoes growing already. I believe it is a roma.

This is a shot of the garden under my ask tree, along the west side of the deck. It is shaded a lot of the day and hasn't been thriving. I have carrots, beets, garlic chives and mint in the top left corner. I also had spinach here. It mostly bolted though and was spindly and not very lush. I pulled them and replanted. We will see how it goes.
This mint I got from a greenhouse too. I am not sure if it will come back next year or not. I was told that herbs do quite well in the shade. I might plant an herb garden here instead next summer. With a few lettuce and we will see how it goes.

Here is another shot of my west garden. The corn is taking its sweet time coming up and then growing. A few plants came up but not what I was expecting. I think maybe it needs more sun. The parsley seems to be doing good over here and the tomatoes too. This side is mostly shaded from wind but still gets a good amount of sun. The beets are coming up slower. I will also add to this garden and till it in the fall and hopefully it is more productive next year although it isn't bad this year.

Tomatoes

Here is the mescaline. It really is quite spicy! I thinned it out so much by pulling out all the plants that bolted.

Parsley

Mint

Our new Romeo Cherry tree. The cherries are all gone. My son ate them all! haha!

Here is the new garden we tilled. I planted potatoes here and that should break up the soil more too. I will make this into a raised garden with a bench seat along the edge. 


Potato plant coming up. I planted late in the season and I mostly planted them to help break up the soil in the new garden but I still hope to get some baby potatoes to eat this summer/fall. :D mmm I love fresh garden potatoes! 

Basil. I will take this in the house this fall and keep them in a pot over the winter. I don't know how well they will do inside but we will try! :)


Oregano. I will take this inside too this winter. Hopefully it survives!

And this I don't know what it is... It is growing in the herb container but I don't know if its a weed or what. I planted a bunch of other seeds that didn't come up and then like a month later these grew. anyone know what they are?



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