A little early this year – hornworm
This tomato hornworm made an appearance in our swimming pool yesterday. Come to think of it, we had an early worm appear last year as well. From the evidence (hexagonal…
2014 Garlic Field Day
A visit to the Beaver Ponds Estate 2014 Garlic Field Day. This was a Sunday 4 or 5 hour meeting of Garlic Growers to learn and share information about the…
leaf identification
We are having troubles identifying a plant in our flower beds. It is widespread this year but we do not recognize it as a flower that we have planted in…
L&A Hort Club met last night
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (Napanee’s Garden Club), met on Wednesday 2014 June 11th at the Napannee Fire Hall community/training room. The topic of the night was food… a…
The Veg is In
The last of the vegetables have been planted. By my count (which is almost certainly off), 55 heirloom tomato plants of 12 types were planted in the ground this past…
Rabbit Season
Yesterday we completed the new rabbit fence around our outside-the-backyard-fence vegetable gardens. It is made of 160 feet of 4′ chicken wire, standing about 3′ high with a 1′ bend…
Gardening Season
It’s gardening season and there have been a lot of gardening related events of late. Here was an entertaining 2 hours with Mark Cullen at the local Napanee Home Hardware…
Peas please
The peas are coming up strong this spring. This image of the peas in raised Vegetable Bed #2 is from this morning (Tuesday 2014 May 13th). Note yet another experiment…
Farmers Market changes in the local area
Always good news to hear about local food markets adjusting and becoming more visible and hopefully more successful! From: http://www.frontenacnews.ca/index.php/south-frontenac-news/item/8349-two-new-locations-for-the-frontenac-farmers-market Regular vendors at the Frontenac Farmers Market (FFM) braved a…
peas and lettuce
It’s April, it’s not freezing as much as it did, and the ground has thawed. Yesterday 300kg of composted sheep manure stopped by and we started putting it into the…
Now you see them now you don’t!
What a difference a week makes! On the left you see the crocuses that were coming up on April 13th, beautiful colourful blooms were such a delight after such a…
L&A Hort club met last night
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (Napanee’s Garden Club), met on Wednesday 2014 April 16th at the Napanee Fire Hall community/training room. The guest speaker was member Judy Bullock who…
The Grassroots Growers of Tamworth/Erinsville proudly present ‘SpindleTree Gardens: A Story in Pictures
Susan and Tom give a great talk. We last heard them 3 years? ago at a L&AHort meeting. SpindleTree Gardens: A Story in Pictures Tuesday April 22nd, 7 pm Tamworth…
L&A Hort met 2014 March 19th
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (Napanee’s Garden Club), met on Wednesday 2014 March 19th at the Napanee Fire Hall community/training room. The guest speaker was all about tools and…
Upcoming Events at SCGO
It’s been a fairly quiet season here at SCGO. But the thaw is coming, the snow and ice are going and soon we will be able to be back outside…