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.

Aug 4/09 Raquel

525 am Raquel born 7lb1 oz

20-20-20 + kelp on most plants.
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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

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.

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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

July 26/09 Update

Zuchini growing large plants. Ends of the fruits of some are rotting. So much rain.

Pumpkin- shape looks more like regular pumpkin. Huge fruit, though

Tomatoes are growing well, but the fruits are all green. Adelia said she had a couple reddish tomatoes.