Frosty Oregon Grape Holly leaves greet the Sabbath early riser

Beauty in Nature

Larix decidua

Bright yellow fall colour of a deciduous conifer

Raked leaves with sweeper to vege beds Nov 11/12

Cactus Blooms

Early Christmas cactus just starting to bloom

Spa compost bin

Cut off asparagus
Cleaned up eggplant pepper tomato luff
And out into bin
Also added some grass clippings leaves
Cleaned up some Shasta castor bean sunflowers basil cilantro

Harp garlic

7x7 about 80 giant cloves
Harvested July 21/13
Many good sized, best sized harvest came from the ones planted earlier in October in the bed.
Likely due to the better soil and good moisture in the boxed bed.

Today's tasks Oct 8/12

Planted some rooted willow various spots
Trimmed hawthorns along front road to allow lilacs to grow better
Planted another boxwood under the oak tree. In doing so dig up the daffodils bunch. Planted daffodils along front at road
Planted the silver maple seedlings at far end along road


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Compost pile Oct 8/12

Out squash vines then layers of clipping
Added tomato vine to enlarge pile
Clippings plus leaves smelled just right

Garlic large in box planted Oct 8/12

7x7 in 4 x8 equals 98

July 23/13 harvested, many extra large garlic cloves harvested. super jumbo size
better sized than large garlic planted in big garden bed, planted same time
Due to the better soil conditions than the clay soil in the large bed

Large garlic in large bed planted Oct 8/12

5 by 15

Luffa frost damage Oct 8/12

Luffa never got to enough size to produce any sponge

Frost warning for Sunday night October 8/12

Low of 3 predicted
At 1030 pm some ice had formed on the pipes
Temp supposedly 3 already
By 739 am was 4 degrees

Only the luffa and zucchini appeared to have been affected

Red hot hangers

Fall colours at home Oct 7/12

98 small garlic planted

98 garlic
Small cloves planted at 7 by 7 spacing
Update July 11/13 these small ones did not amount to very large cloves, the small ones planted on Aug 28/13 grew to average size. Time of year makes a difference

Lettuce under. Greenhouse 9/23/12

Volunteer leaf lettuce transplanted to a bed
Put greenhouse over

Catalpa by Reg Charles planted

Planted near honeysuckle bush

Acorn squash

Very susceptible to the bugs and wilt
Did not get very big

Panama squash sept 23-12

Is this ready?
generally did not have enough time to ripen very well

Butternut crop Sept 23/12

Tomato San marzano

Seems to hold up better than the Roma's when kept on the table
Less spotting
Very fleshy fruit

24 rows small garlic aug 29/12

Taken from volunteers along edge of bush
7" apart
Used measuring stick

July 11/13 grew to a good size- need to be planted by end of August to size up to acceptable harvest size

Small garlic

7 and half rows garlic bulbs that have not split
Partial row of soft necks to separate
7" apart row about 3 ft across formerly chiles under plastic
Added half wheelbarrow of compost

The small cloves came from garlic plants that looked like this before being spliit off.

The cloves with brownish skins do not appear to have had a chance to divide into smaller cloves yet. Will see how they grow for next year.

July 11/13 even small cloves when planted by the end of August will grow to an acceptable harvest size.

Ornamental Gourd Harvest Aug 22/12

Basket full from about 8 original hills although some died out from wilt
Basically colours
All green all orange and some mixed
Three shapes long neck round and short neck

Aug22-12 spinach radish seeded

Bed beside dirt pile
Added compost and turned over twice
2 rows of Spinach long standing Bloomsdale
Radish Cherry Belle In between

Morning Glory vining on Redbud Aug 12/12

Tomatoes Aug 8/12

I think your family left just a little too soon. I hope they enjoyed the West. You should have been able to find lots of nice fruits & vegetables.

Take care,
Love
Mom

Rosemary Okimi, Administrator
Heritage Green Senior Complex
Phone:  905-573-7177 ext. 100
Fax:  905-573-7151
e-mail:  rokimi@hgseniorcare.com

Morning Glory on Redbud July 27/12

Squash Acorn Starting July 20/12

Update- in the end the acorn squash did not do well due to wilt

Maybe wilt was made worse by squash beetles

Butternut squash on July 20/12

Chickadee at a Window Feeder

Rapini seed harvest

July 5/12
Also seeded a few in one row

Portulacaria Break- Hard pruning

broken off top cut off and put into a pot to root- (which it did- very easily)

Portulacaria Break- Cut off limb potted

Portulacaria Break-The break on the big Bonsai

Portulacaria bonsai suffers break when umbrella falls on plant

Portulacaria Break-- a before reconstructed

What it sort of looked like prior

Canada Day '12 Garden 2

looking from patio area towards shed, 

from left, ivory silk lilacs, corkscrew hazel, grasses, 

wisteria at arbor, forsythia, dogwood, viburnum

Canada Day '12 Garden 3

daisies highlight the eastern border spruce, cedar and silver maples along the background

elderberry branches in left foreground

Canada Day '12 Garden 5

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looking through the arbor

wisteria vines overhead, with silver dogwood on left and dwarf Lodense privet hedge showing at right

privet hedge rooted from privet at taquanyah conservation area

background shows carolina poplars way back, spruces on left and right.

Harp garden

Canada Day '12 Garden 4

the purple row, purple smoke bush in front of 2 crimson king maples along north side of driveway

Canada Day '12 Garden 1

centre driveway island

Notice Himalayan birch in island- in a few months the birch died from bronze birch borer

Daylily blooming beneath

Birdhouse Gourd planted mulched

birdhouse gourd planted in mulch

Jackie had started planted June 29/12

Did not do well as other squash took over

First zucchini June 26/12

Vinyl floor done Jun 19/12 downstairs laundry & hall

Vinyl floor done Jun 19/12 Hall and kitchen

Vinyl floor done Jun 19/12 basement bedroom

Vinyl floor done Jun 19/12 powder room

Zucchini seeded June 18/12

Cut 4 holes in poly
One with golden dawn 3
Three with dollar store zucchini
Added peat moss
Covered with lampshade to add heat and hold down poly

Fertilized veggies 15-30-15

De handling some shovels spades

Carrots lettuce cabbage seeded June 18/12

One third row each
Michihli chinese cabbage (09)
Lettuce new York iceberg
Parris island romaine lettuce

One row carrots Lunga San Valerio