Well that was fun! I have never grown so many squashes and had a great time trying to fit them into every corner and planter I could find. All my edibles must be inside the fenced in garden to keep them safely away from the deer. This was not a problem a few years ago…
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Lupinlady spends a lot of her free time in the garden - mainly experimenting with ways to live with the deer on an island in Southern B.C. Canada. Enjoy the show.
Tomato Talk
Tomatoes in my garden have always been a great success. I start them way too early in February as the long winter days seem to keep me inside more. With Covid I have got a little more enthusiastic and had grow lights and heat pads everywhere. Next year I will start them in March. I…
Swiss Chard
Thinking of what was the most successful vegetable for me I can honestly say my new love has been Swiss chard. I left it in my greenhouse all winter. It is not heated and does have a small fan in it. Only 10 feet by 12 feet so not huge. But the Swiss chard survived…
Links
Huw Richards – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeaKRrrpWiQFJJmiuon2WoQ West Coast Seeds – https://www.westcoastseeds.com Wildwood Outdoor Living Centre- https://wildwood.express Get Growing with Groveg – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9r61qohBg1qgGty4_WzojA
Linking to Knowledge
Working in the garden has been a real lifesaver for me especially during this COVID 19 pandemic. Growing my own vegetables has always been a hobby but now I have processed more food, either through canning, freezing or dehydrating to have during my non growing seasons. Adding flowering plants that are bee loving has improved…
Food Storage
Canning Each year I preserve about 100 – 150 pounds of peaches in jars saving enough for jam. I use a light syrup to allow the flavours of the BC peaches to come through. I have found the first semi free stone Glow Haven capture the best of the season. There are additional varieties such…
Needed update
I feel like this is the “what I did on my summer vacation” essay instead of my blog. It should have been done before having the time but other things seem to get in the way. Since February 2020 we have all been in either a lockdown or state of panic due to the COVID…
Clean up the Hellebores
Hellebores are my favorite plant here on Bowen Island. Deer resistant and hardy in our rainy province, they surprise me every year as their beautiful heads start to appear from the soil. Winter is not kind to these beautiful perennials and they look very sad after the frost decides to take a break. In late…
Hollyhocks
I was given a handful of dried hollyhock seed pods from my friend that she got from England. I planted them in early Fall 2017 and forgot about them. In the following Spring 2018 the seeds had germinated but were so small I hardly noticed them. The in the Spring of 2019 the plants were…
Do I need more planters?
My husband has been put to the test. More planters, gates and closed in areas to provide more edibles and fragrant flowers for our home. Most of the property can handle the deer resistant plants but I need to be able ro secure the lives of the plants I have pampered from germination to planter…
Water Needed
This year we decided we must capture our own water. Living in Southern B.C. on the coast, we get more than ample rain the Winter, Fall and Spring. Last summer the rain was at a regular interval to water the garden every other week. But we still see signs of stress on our island from…
Raised Beds Renovations
When we first built these beds 6 years ago we thought raised cedar beds would ease my back, we thought they were good enough. But after building a garage and having so much siding left over my husband decided the beds could look better. The cedar was grooved so they could slide right into each…
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