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CSA 2012
Here’s how our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program works:
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Buy a $300 season credit*. Each Wednesday from early July to Thanksgiving (15 weeks) a box of fresh veggies and herbs worth $20 (on average) will be harvested that morning … Continue reading
it’s raining – yay!!
Finally, after 2 weeks of no rain, there’s a nice gentle, steady rain falling, and I’m praying that it will be falling all day…
Before it started, I was weeding and mulching in the Pine garden. When I left city life … Continue reading
mulching on a fruit day
Most of the bulk transplanting is done, just one row of tomatoes left, then succession planting of greens. Today Christina & Kristine spent the morning weeding the beds at the neighbour’s. The squash, tomatoes and onions are doing well … Continue reading
Posted in All, Garden, Veggies
Tagged basil, fish fertilizer, squash, tomatoes, wheel hoe
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More tomatoes
The one consolation about all the weeding in the trellis area is that the grass and weeds are way healthier than they were 3 summers ago when we started – so our soil is getting better!
Got 24 Amish Paste tomatoes … Continue reading
Garlic-Leek Moth Larvae
These little guys are hard to get at. They eat their way down the tender centre leaves of leeks, garlic, onions, chives – anything in the allium family. Their mama is a 1/2″ brown-grey moth who lays single eggs by … Continue reading
Pole Beans and tomatoes
Major lesson – clean up garden beds in the fall. The trellis area is just about impossible this spring because the grass, evening primrose, yellow dock, lambs quarters, etc… are so well established. My only excuse is that last fall … Continue reading
Mulch arrives! and Pine garden is in
Eleven round bales of wheat straw arrived today – to be rolled out as mulch. That’s rhubarb (going to flower) and garlic in the foreground.
The small area that we call the Pine Garden has 6 beds, each about 30 feet … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Veggies
Tagged basil, beets, cabbage, fish fertilizer, leeks, onions, phacelia, spilanthes, tomatoes
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If you’re looking for Sitting Pretty…
Malcolm was the chief hammock-maker at Sitting Pretty for many years, but that company has closed up shop. So now the same quality and style of hammocks and hammock chairs are available here at Blue Chicory Workshop. Malcolm has improved … Continue reading
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The liquid honey is granulated…
Liquid or solid? Late-summer honey can granulate quite quickly. It can be used as is (granulation is actually a sign of purity), but if you prefer it liquid, put the jar in a bowl of hot water or in a … Continue reading
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