One Spaghetti Squash

Today we visited the Brick Works and while I was there I picked up a very nice spaghetti squash plant.  It was a little more expensive than I would have liked to pay, but what the heck you only live once.  Fingers crossed that it grows up nice and strong and give us lots of squash.

The Vegetables Have Now Been Planted - May 21, 2016

 Good Morning and happy 1st long weekend of the summer.  This is the official earliest time you can plant (most plants) and be relatively safe to do so in our zone.  Some seeds and cold weather plants like peas could theoretically be planted earlier as they like the cold weather. 

On the right you can see that my Hosta plants have just started to wake up from their winter sleep.  They emerge from the soil as leafy tubes and then uncurl and become the leaves.  Eventually, mid-summer they will flower if the conditions are right.

 In this photo you can see my cucumbers planted in the back near the fence.  In the front is the broccoli and the flowers are Marigolds.  The Marigolds are "suppose" to keep bugs and animals away because of their bad smell.  I'm not sure exactly how well that works.  In case you are wondering why I've caged the plants, it's to help them grow up and not lay on the ground.  If we get too much rain and the garden floods this will help the plants not get moldy. 

 The middle two rows will be different kinds of zucchini.  In the space at the front I've planted onion from some onions that were sprouting in the fridge.  If they grow, wonderful and if not, it's ok too.

 Here's a full view of the garden.  I've left a little space if I happen to find a squash plant.  If not, it's ok.  The walkways help me to get between the rows without getting all muddy and compacting the soil.

Here you can see the new strawberries I planted a few days ago.  They have a little bit of plant shock, but I gave them some Miracle Grow and water and they should perk right up.  It's suppose to be nice and warm for the next few weeks.

Well, that's all I have to show you today.  I'll post updates as the summer progresses.  If you have any questions about the garden or gardening in general feel free to ask.  I'll be happy to answer.  Just so you all know, the garden is pesticide and chemical-free.

Project Vegetable Garden 2016 Is Ready To Go

Last  night by husband and I went to the garden centre to buy our vegetable plants.  We will have to wait for the weekend to put them in since the weather has just been too cold for delicate little vegetable plants.  So what did we buy?

Tomatoes - Roma tomatoes
                   Yellow cherry tomatoes
                   Plum tomatoes

Zucchini

Cucumbers

Broccoli

Kale

Tonight's activity will be to turn the soil, add new soil and lay down the rubber row mats so that I will be able to walk between the rows without compacting the soil.  Then on Saturday I will get out there and put the plants in.  Within a month or two we should (weather permitting) have vegetables that have absolutely no chemicals on them.  All I add is water and Mother Nature does the rest.  Once everything is planted I will post photos.

New Strawberries Are In

The other day we were shopping at Home Depot and found strawberry plants on sale.  I decided to replace what plants we'd lost during our renovations.  I picked some really nice and healthy looking plants and they are now in.  The nice is that they already have berries on the plant and they are suppose to produce berries all year long.

This evening we will be going to the garden centre to see about buying our vegetable plants.  We can't plant them yet as the nights are way too cold still.  It's suppose to warm up considerably by the long weekend.  Fingers crossed.

1 Week Away From The Planing Weekend

So we are just one week away from when we should be able to safely plant our vegetable garden and what did we get this morning?  SNOW!  What?  Snow in May.  Holy cow that is not pretty.  One day this week it was 23 degrees and today it's only +3.  I am not impressed at all.  It fell and melted very quickly, thank goodness.  It shouldn't have fell at all.  At least my tulips and strawberries can handle a little cold.  I hope everyone brought in their hanging baskets last night.  Many other plants and flowers cannot handle cold temperatures.