Been seeing evidence of a rodent in the garage. put down poison. The first 2 blocks disappeared. the last 2 blocks are still there. Then low and behold this guy showed up. Tossed him out into the hawthorns along the road.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
King Rat October 9/10
Been seeing evidence of a rodent in the garage. put down poison. The first 2 blocks disappeared. the last 2 blocks are still there. Then low and behold this guy showed up. Tossed him out into the hawthorns along the road.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Endive Planting.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Aug 23/09 tasks potatoes, garlic jam
Dug last of the potatoes, some starting to rot, especially where potatoes seemed to be deeper in soil. Although the other day, the it seemed that when deeper there were more potatoes.
Turned over about 16 ft by 4 ft for the garlic bed.
Did a lot of weeding. rainy cloudy day.
Dug the white onions.
Trimmed some stray wisteria vines growing from the bottom of the trunk.
Rosemary made peach jam, raspberry jam (Metro had raspberries on sale 3 for $5.00, bought 12 boxes.)
Also made ginger peach jam. 1 ginger root, peeled and grated it. the leftover fibers put in tea strainer to allow more flavour in. Threw out the fibers after. One ginger root into one batch.
Turned over about 16 ft by 4 ft for the garlic bed.
Did a lot of weeding. rainy cloudy day.
Dug the white onions.
Trimmed some stray wisteria vines growing from the bottom of the trunk.
Rosemary made peach jam, raspberry jam (Metro had raspberries on sale 3 for $5.00, bought 12 boxes.)
Also made ginger peach jam. 1 ginger root, peeled and grated it. the leftover fibers put in tea strainer to allow more flavour in. Threw out the fibers after. One ginger root into one batch.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Aug 4/09 Raquel
525 am Raquel born 7lb1 oz
20-20-20 + kelp on most plants.
Website: http://www.turf-king.ca/
Email: hamilton@turf-king.ca
20-20-20 + kelp on most plants.
Website: http://www.turf-king.ca/
Email: hamilton@turf-king.ca
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Aug 3/09
Cherry Avenue Farm Tom Moyer
Seconds apricots $5.00 per 11 quart basket
Tree Run golden plum 75 cents a pound= $11.70 for a 11 quart. Pick your own =$1.00 lb
http://www.cherryavenuefarms.org/home.html
Seconds apricots $5.00 per 11 quart basket
Tree Run golden plum 75 cents a pound= $11.70 for a 11 quart. Pick your own =$1.00 lb
http://www.cherryavenuefarms.org/home.html
August 2/3/09
Pick some dandelions from the lawn. Just starting to bloom.
Harvested, beans, zuchini squash, cucumber, chard, broccoli, carrots, beets
Clipped shasta daisy by mulberry, dug one clump out split for Jackie and Adelia,
One clump placed by corner SE bed. Trimmed down volunteer leek.
Rabbit making nest by beauty bush, also under mulberry?
Transplanted one dianthus from under mulberry to edge.
Evaluating vinegar, sb trials.
Saw cabbage worm on cabbage.
Harvested, beans, zuchini squash, cucumber, chard, broccoli, carrots, beets
Clipped shasta daisy by mulberry, dug one clump out split for Jackie and Adelia,
One clump placed by corner SE bed. Trimmed down volunteer leek.
Rabbit making nest by beauty bush, also under mulberry?
Transplanted one dianthus from under mulberry to edge.
Evaluating vinegar, sb trials.
Saw cabbage worm on cabbage.
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For fresh local fruit, try Cherry Avenue Farms in Vineland, just outside of Beamsville. Well organized. A pick your own place. Cherries have just finished, but apricots are in full swing with peaches just around the corner.
We were able to be some seconds to make jam. What a great way to preserve the fresh taste of some great fruit.
http://www.cherryavenuefarms.org/home.html
We were able to be some seconds to make jam. What a great way to preserve the fresh taste of some great fruit.
http://www.cherryavenuefarms.org/home.html
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
July 26/09 Update
Monday, July 27, 2009
Vinegar treatment July 27/10
Sprayed drive with some vinegar (scotts)
Also tried on some clover by arbour and dandelions by shed lawn.
Also tried on some clover by arbour and dandelions by shed lawn.
July 26/09
Dug Garlic along fence. Added wheelbarrow of compost manure then planted 4 cabbage plus some leeks starting in flower. Transplanted basil as well
Dug Garlic at harp. Added wheelbarrow of compost manure. Planted 5 cabbage at harp bed plus beets along front edge one row Detroit, one row long beets
Checked potatoes- new potatoes forming dug a few out and barbequed them.
Harvested 2 cucumber,
Picked beans,
Broccoli at back forming second heads
Cabbage- pointy heads- ready to bolt? June 27 cut one cabbage, just starting to split.
Dug Garlic at harp. Added wheelbarrow of compost manure. Planted 5 cabbage at harp bed plus beets along front edge one row Detroit, one row long beets
Checked potatoes- new potatoes forming dug a few out and barbequed them.
Harvested 2 cucumber,
Picked beans,
Broccoli at back forming second heads
Cabbage- pointy heads- ready to bolt? June 27 cut one cabbage, just starting to split.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Far Back Veggie Bed
Garlic Harvest July 26/09
Although this year we harvested only 4 days later than last year, the bulbs had more than usual that had started to lose their skins. Also a very wet week last week.
Garlic harvest Count.
$.1,00 size 97
75 cent 132
85 cent 25
60 cent 18
50 cent 100
rest not counted
for next year 18 of the 60 cents and 40 of the 75centers
we need about 1.5 per week or 75 garlics for the year??
Soft neck??
Website: http://www.turf-king.ca/
Email: hamilton@turf-king.ca
Garlic harvest Count.
$.1,00 size 97
75 cent 132
85 cent 25
60 cent 18
50 cent 100
rest not counted
for next year 18 of the 60 cents and 40 of the 75centers
we need about 1.5 per week or 75 garlics for the year??
Soft neck??
Website: http://www.turf-king.ca/
Email: hamilton@turf-king.ca
Friday, July 24, 2009
solar collector angle
For these purposes, the general practice is to use flat-plate solar energy or evacuated tube collectors with a fixed orientation (position). The highest efficiency with a fixed flat-plate collector or evacuated tube collector is obtained if it faces toward the sun and slopes at an angle to the horizon equal to the latitude plus about 10 degrees. Solar collectors fall into two general categories: non-concentrating and concentrating.
Website: http://www.turf-king.ca/
Email: hamilton@turf-king.ca
Website: http://www.turf-king.ca/
Email: hamilton@turf-king.ca
July 24
Picked a lot of beets, a few leeks (first time) 
and also dug a few spanish onions to let dry.
Found colorado potato beetle larvae on the eggplant. Sprayed with Neem. Have been Neeming the potatoes regularly. The eggplant less often.
and also dug a few spanish onions to let dry.
Found colorado potato beetle larvae on the eggplant. Sprayed with Neem. Have been Neeming the potatoes regularly. The eggplant less often.
Monday, July 20, 2009
July 20/09
Seeded spargo spinach in bee box
Seeded Prizehead lettuce in bee box
Transplanted 2 boxes of early cabbage into 4 inch pots to all them to grow until we know where to plant them
Seeded Taunus beets into bee box, after removing summer savory. looks like chipmunks had made tunnels in bee box
Trimmed Green onion seed head from bee box, sprinkled seeds by some maples on other side of drive, on new bed by hay field,
Put grass seed in bare spots: behind pool where juniper branches sat all winter, in front of shed where sod pieces were put in bare spot, near shed hose, along drive where roundup washed into lawn, long new aisle in back of veggie boxes, in place where trailer wheels sat for a week, where hostas sat all winter by BDJ garage.
Trimmed forsythia by arbour to keep off grass.
Fertilized volleyball lawn East side with some 9-0-2. went same direction as septic rows. put rest through trees down to firepit.
Fertilized with solucal granular on west side lawn in opposite direction. had enough to do a couple of rows on east side lawn in same direction.
50-50 water-ammonia - clover has turned yellow, leaves disappearing. grass also turned yellow. will the clover die or will it come back? will the grass come back?
couple spots near hydro pole bed.
Got mirror frame finally paid $2o. Hung in back hallway.
Seeded Prizehead lettuce in bee box
Transplanted 2 boxes of early cabbage into 4 inch pots to all them to grow until we know where to plant them
Seeded Taunus beets into bee box, after removing summer savory. looks like chipmunks had made tunnels in bee box
Trimmed Green onion seed head from bee box, sprinkled seeds by some maples on other side of drive, on new bed by hay field,
Put grass seed in bare spots: behind pool where juniper branches sat all winter, in front of shed where sod pieces were put in bare spot, near shed hose, along drive where roundup washed into lawn, long new aisle in back of veggie boxes, in place where trailer wheels sat for a week, where hostas sat all winter by BDJ garage.
Trimmed forsythia by arbour to keep off grass.
Fertilized volleyball lawn East side with some 9-0-2. went same direction as septic rows. put rest through trees down to firepit.
Fertilized with solucal granular on west side lawn in opposite direction. had enough to do a couple of rows on east side lawn in same direction.
50-50 water-ammonia - clover has turned yellow, leaves disappearing. grass also turned yellow. will the clover die or will it come back? will the grass come back?
couple spots near hydro pole bed.
Got mirror frame finally paid $2o. Hung in back hallway.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
July 19/09 Church Picnic
Showers light in am. cloudy in afternoon
Got 1 yd screenings from Mtn Gd Ctr. Put in walkway dug out last week.
Replaced the 18by 18 patio stones
While there got 1 4pak dwarf Snaps one 4 pack marigold, 2 for $1.30. 2 4 pak of early cabbage 2 for.90
Planted snaps by caragana bed and one by maple stump.
Planted marigolds by caragan bed
Trimmed yews by garage door and silver euonymus on right side.
Picnic 64 people total, Snyders corn not ready until Tuesday this week.
Cut about 60% of swiss chard row, to give away
Ivy Angus and Mom Okimi picked beans.
Found 2 chipmunks caught in fan screen by harp bed. Claws caught as spokes get closer together. One was dead, Pat and Yvonne freed the one which was still alive. (monday, got rid of fan screen.)
Got 1 yd screenings from Mtn Gd Ctr. Put in walkway dug out last week.
Replaced the 18by 18 patio stones
While there got 1 4pak dwarf Snaps one 4 pack marigold, 2 for $1.30. 2 4 pak of early cabbage 2 for.90
Planted snaps by caragana bed and one by maple stump.
Planted marigolds by caragan bed
Trimmed yews by garage door and silver euonymus on right side.
Picnic 64 people total, Snyders corn not ready until Tuesday this week.
Cut about 60% of swiss chard row, to give away
Ivy Angus and Mom Okimi picked beans.
Found 2 chipmunks caught in fan screen by harp bed. Claws caught as spokes get closer together. One was dead, Pat and Yvonne freed the one which was still alive. (monday, got rid of fan screen.)
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Pathway to deck July 18/09
Thursday, July 16, 2009
July 16/09
Mosquito spray, Church picnic this weekend, 5 days til Snyder's Sweet Corn
Touch of rain overnight
Touch of rain overnight
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
July 15/09 Lawn
Fertilized liquid fert + kelp
Got Eco sense (acetic acid RTU from Home Hardware 14.99 2 litre 62.5 g/litre (6%)
Got Wasp Deterrents- plastic/paper wasp nest supposed to keep territorial wasps away a distance of 200 ft. 2 per pkg 9.99
Got Eco sense (acetic acid RTU from Home Hardware 14.99 2 litre 62.5 g/litre (6%)
Got Wasp Deterrents- plastic/paper wasp nest supposed to keep territorial wasps away a distance of 200 ft. 2 per pkg 9.99
Monday, July 13, 2009
July 13/09
July 13/09
Seeded Lettuce Prizehead(red), Grand Rapids Lettuce, Chinese cabbage. Peatmoss to cover.
NZ Spinach growing well. Leaf Lettuce forming good “head”, weather is cool,
Pumpkins are growing really well,
Ichi kiri doing better than butternut- is it the higher ground or is it the seed of the butternut?
Peppers have holes in leaves- slugs?
Beans have flowers and ready to pick soon
Glads are all up
Climbing beans are starting to vine.
Morning glory is up but still short
Cosmos up, but no blooms yet
Four o’clocks starting to grow- no blooms yet
Anchusa (blue ) in bloom
Portulaca in bloom
Lobelia and allysum alive but not thriving yet
Seeded Lettuce Prizehead(red), Grand Rapids Lettuce, Chinese cabbage. Peatmoss to cover.
NZ Spinach growing well. Leaf Lettuce forming good “head”, weather is cool,
Pumpkins are growing really well,
Ichi kiri doing better than butternut- is it the higher ground or is it the seed of the butternut?
Peppers have holes in leaves- slugs?
Beans have flowers and ready to pick soon
Glads are all up
Climbing beans are starting to vine.
Morning glory is up but still short
Cosmos up, but no blooms yet
Four o’clocks starting to grow- no blooms yet
Anchusa (blue ) in bloom
Portulaca in bloom
Lobelia and allysum alive but not thriving yet
Sunday, July 12, 2009
July 10-12/09
July 10 dug out more walkway, spread excavated soil to back of annex where low, trimmed Andorra, spirea, tamarix Junipers, forsythia (some). Spread trimmings at back of house.
Found wasp nest on cedar chair. Sprayed with neem, seemed to kill wasp.
July 11/09 Juriansz reunion- showers in am, hail and shower in pm. .5 inch rain.
July 12 Yuccas are in full bloom
Sunday trimmed nest spruce, a bit of globe blue spruce.
sprayed driveway weeds,
Moved cushion mum from fence garden- too shady by rose of Sharon out to the harp garden
Dug volunteer garlics from here and there
Rosemary trimmed peashrub pods, spirea and yew in pool area.
Harvested the last broccoli, enormous head
Found wasp nest on cedar chair. Sprayed with neem, seemed to kill wasp.
July 11/09 Juriansz reunion- showers in am, hail and shower in pm. .5 inch rain.
July 12 Yuccas are in full bloom
Sunday trimmed nest spruce, a bit of globe blue spruce.
sprayed driveway weeds,
Moved cushion mum from fence garden- too shady by rose of Sharon out to the harp garden
Dug volunteer garlics from here and there
Rosemary trimmed peashrub pods, spirea and yew in pool area.
Harvested the last broccoli, enormous head
Thursday, July 9, 2009
July 9/09
Picked Spinach, lettuce leaf, chard last night for the Duncans
This morning picked beets, carrots for Jackie.
Dug one garlic. They will be ready soon.
This morning picked beets, carrots for Jackie.
Dug one garlic. They will be ready soon.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
July 8, 2009- seeding
Seeded some Collards, seed from 08- spring sowing very little came up
Seeded Lettuce, romaine
Seeded
Transplanted a few leaf lettuce from bee box to garden !
Transplanted some Linaria Fairy Bouquet flowers from harp garden to near hammock steps and to under locust.
Transplanted volunteer peppers- looks like mini oranmental from by ramp to under lilac.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
July 5/09 Okimi Picnic
Everyone said the yard looked good.
Picked some leaf lettuce head for the sisters.
Picked some leaf lettuce head for the sisters.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Canada Day
Had Aubrey Joy and other relatives over for Canada Day. Picked a second picking of rhubarb. Delicious. Rosemary put black sesame seeds in the topping.
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