irrigation 2022
The raised beds tend to dry out a little faster than an inground garden bed. So this year we expanded our tape irrigation system into three of the four beds…
After 20+ years, our first hoophouse
After too many years of inadequate cold frames, we have finally found a design that we liked and could build… a 4’x8′ hoop house. This was based on the design…
Today’s Adventures at Starlight Cascade Garden’s
Well the beans have disappeared again! The Tendergreen, Sungold Wax and even the Scarlet Runner beans have the leaves missing. So if the baby bunny can squeeze itself out of…
drip irrigation is pretty awesome
This is our drip irrigation system that we bought last year (kit form), just laid out a week ago when we transplanted the heirloom tomatos. This year the plants are…
spring gardens
A quick snap of Vegbed5 for historical records… Approx 960 garlic cloves were planted on 2020 October 25 & 28 in the eastern section (left side of image). Potatos went…
Double the compost, double the fun!
Compost. What fun. We’ve had and used a compost pile for kitchen scraps, yard waste, etc for years. But as always with compost piles, they never get treated correctly, oft…
Signature Flower Bed project 2020
And every year we try to create or renovate a flower garden bed around the property. This year we decided to enhance the back yard with this 100′ long berm.…
Fall garden prep
Starting to think about prepping your gardens for a fall planting? Can’t find compost anywhere? When you need it the most it is hardest to find. The local Glenburnie store…
Garlic prep
This years 2020 garlic harvest was better than average. We harvested across a few weeks, as it came ready, and finished in early August. After drying in the leanto for…
Irrigation rocks!
Over the weekend we installed out first irrigation system, the Irrigation Direct Canada “Drip Irrigation Watering Kit for Row Crops”. We installed it in vegbed4, where the fall planted garlic…
sandboxing in the greenhouse
Last fall we decided to do another greenhouse renovation. a few years before we insulated the north wall, so thought it would be a good time to insulate another wall,…
Raised Veg Beds
And this is the latest design revision for our raised beds. This is VegBed2, first built in 2005 out of mini garden ties. Over time they were thought to be…
Seedy Saturday 2020
**CANCELLED due to COVID9*** From https://www.kingstonist.com/news/seedy-saturday-offers-local-green-thumbs-an-early-start-to-their-gardening/ Gardeners, from novice to expert, take note: The Kingston Area Seed System Initiative (KASSI) will be holding their annual Seedy Saturday on Saturday, Mar.…
L&A Hort met this week
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society met this week, on Wednesday, 2020 February 19th at our new location of St. Patricks Church, 179 West St, Napanee. Ample free parking across…