Strange thought - as of yesterday The Man and I are the proud owners of a new home. It's a nice, small bungalow (with 1950's -1970's decor) on a piece of totally unspoiled land. No gardens, save a few shrubs in the front, and nothing save a small shed in the back. I'm actually pretty nervous about having ground to dig up and grow in... I've been growing in containers since I started gardening on my own. In fact, I haven't had an in ground garden since I was 8 or 9 - minus one summer when I dug up my Mom's back yard, but that experiment wasn't so good, so let's not talk about it ;) However, I'll be able to leave worrying for this year - I'm not planning on doing too much gardening in my ground until the fall, when I'll put in raised beds and fill them with horse manure for planting in the spring. I'm thinking I want more of a cottage garden feel to the exterior and interior of the house. Something dense and bright, yet unstructured and relaxed, with a nice bench out-front. I think I'll spend this summer just relaxing and dreaming up my plans. We do after-all have a driveway to fix... among other things!
On the garden front - my potatoes and other seeds have arrived, so tonight I'll be starting my transplants for June 1st!
Wish us luck!
Kip
Thursday 18 April 2013
Tuesday 9 April 2013
The hiatus, and a new year
Last year I stopped posting here because my camera broke, and I had no way to add pictures... and in my mind pictures make the post. Now that I'm planning out my garden for this season, it occurs to me that I really should have made those posts. I have a very solid idea of what I did until June, but after that it all blurs. So my apologies self!
I've started planning the garden this year, but I still don't have everything quite nailed down. I better get with it - the time to start seeding tomatoes and peppers etc; is now! I'm in a bit of a precarious position this year. The Man and I are currently house shopping (how exciting!!!), but I'm worried about what will be come of my plants if I try to haul them down the highway to Guelph, ON. I'm worried about losing many of them in the trip, but, better to try than not try right?!? We're also expecting our first baby in July, so I figure this will be a good year of growing - even if the plants don't do well :)
New additions for this year:
Seeds: All from Greta's Organic Gardens (absolutely lovely seeds, I've used her's for years)
- Purple peacock beans: Gorgeous pole variety with purple flowers and purple beans
- Mexican sour gherkin cucumbers: Tiny, sweet and sour cucumbers
- Golden midget watermelon: A small, early, watermelon with yellow rind
- Doe hill peppers: A small sized early bell pepper
Potatoes: All from Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes (I've never used them, so I am excited to see how they turn out!)
- Lindzer Deleketess: Early fingerling potato originally from Austria, apparently quite good in salads
- Rode Eersteling: Early red-skinned potato originally from Holland
- Irish Cobbler: Early white potato with unknown origins, referenced as far back as 1876
Re-runs:
- Rainbow chard, various lettuce, green bush beans, snow and snap peas, herbs, hot peppers, tomatoes, cantaloupe, zucchini, raspberries, and grapes. I'm going to do variety profiles as the growing season goes on!
Happy Spring!
I've started planning the garden this year, but I still don't have everything quite nailed down. I better get with it - the time to start seeding tomatoes and peppers etc; is now! I'm in a bit of a precarious position this year. The Man and I are currently house shopping (how exciting!!!), but I'm worried about what will be come of my plants if I try to haul them down the highway to Guelph, ON. I'm worried about losing many of them in the trip, but, better to try than not try right?!? We're also expecting our first baby in July, so I figure this will be a good year of growing - even if the plants don't do well :)
New additions for this year:
Seeds: All from Greta's Organic Gardens (absolutely lovely seeds, I've used her's for years)
- Purple peacock beans: Gorgeous pole variety with purple flowers and purple beans
- Mexican sour gherkin cucumbers: Tiny, sweet and sour cucumbers
- Golden midget watermelon: A small, early, watermelon with yellow rind
- Doe hill peppers: A small sized early bell pepper
Potatoes: All from Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes (I've never used them, so I am excited to see how they turn out!)
- Lindzer Deleketess: Early fingerling potato originally from Austria, apparently quite good in salads
- Rode Eersteling: Early red-skinned potato originally from Holland
- Irish Cobbler: Early white potato with unknown origins, referenced as far back as 1876
Re-runs:
- Rainbow chard, various lettuce, green bush beans, snow and snap peas, herbs, hot peppers, tomatoes, cantaloupe, zucchini, raspberries, and grapes. I'm going to do variety profiles as the growing season goes on!
Happy Spring!
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