A visit with Paul
Last week we managed to stop in and have a visit with Paul at Beaver Pond Estates near Maberly Ontario. All of the garlic had long since been harvested and…
Earth Moving
Seven yards of garden mix earth arrived and in the next week or two will be moved into various vegetable beds and maybe even some flower beds. It is garlic…
Vickis Veggies Tomato Tasting Festival
Vickis’ Veggies Tomato Tasting Festival was also on the weekend and we went down to lower Prince Edward County on Sunday Sept 6th early in the morning (another hot and…
A trip to Avenstone
From http://www.napaneetoday.ca/default.asp?pid=9104036&wireid=02445_Aug_26_Hospice_Avenstone_V1_091807 STONE MILLS COUPLE OFFERS FLOWERS FOR HOSPICE Stone Mills residents Jane and Peter Good have been using their gardens to help out local Hospices. Jane says they have…
L&A Hort met last week
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (aka the Napanee Garden Club) met this past month, at the home of the President, Tom Bridge. The star of the show (other than…
More garlic comes ready
2015 Verona Garlic Festival Saturday, September 5, 9 till 2. Dozens of garlic vendors Arts and Crafts Lions Canteen Beef on a Bun WIneries Kids Train Eastern Ontario Garlic Awards…
L&A Hort met in Roblin this time
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (aka the Napanee Garden Club) met this past month, in Roblin for a nice change of scenery. Roblin is a short distance north of…
Newburgh – art among the ruins
It was the 10th anniversary of this great local artist event in Newburgh. It seemed there were more artisans than ever and the weather was nice and so were the…
Tomato wrangling
The Heirloom tomatos came out of the greenhouse, spent a few days outdoors and then went into the ground on May 30/31. Stakes and or cages went on them right…
colorado potato bug
It is that time of year again. Colorado potato bugs have arrived. Since we started checking on Sunday (June 14), we have handpicked maybe 20 adults so far and squished…
Potatos 2015
Potato Crop 2015 We planted on Tuesday May 19th and only had the first ones come up (Yukon Gold and Kennebec) on Tuesday June 02, or 15 days later. *…
Heirloom Tomatoes 2015
Its time to put the 2015 tomatos into the ground.. and so they did this past weekend (2015 May 30/31). We have moved past the last killing frost of the…
Garden pathways
We have walking pathways between various vegetable and flower gardens. Last year we laid down a layer of weed cloth and some cedar mulch. The grass went through it like…