tailed…

31 Thursday Jul 2025

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yesterday I picked purple and green beans, a few peas and a bunch of dried peas (looks like I missed a whole feed of them, sigh)…

I also spotted some small cucumbers which are not quite ready but should be in a few days… mostly they are growing on the other side of the fence, lol…

once the veggies were picked, I topped and tailed them before cutting up…

I was so excited that I cooked them for my lunch… at least now I don’t get sad when the purple ones turn green when cooked, lol…

they were delicious;-)…

farmers…

13 Sunday Jul 2025

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finally made it to a farmers market today… when I worked we would often get to the market which was either beside, or in, the Hydro building…

this is just a small one, located in the parking lot of a fairly close grocery store…

so excited to get peas, yay… and carrots, radishes, green and regular onions, garlic, asparagus, baby potatoes (both white and red), and dill…

so far I’ve had peas with my lunch and supper, lol…

next up will be potatoes with peas, carrots, asparagus, and dill… yum…

shelling…

11 Friday Jul 2025

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this morning I picked the peas from the side garden;-)…

had to use the step stool to get the higher ones and my housemate picked the last couple that I couldn’t reach…

I spent a lovely fifteen minutes shelling them…

then boiled and ate them for lunch…

yum, what a treat;-)…

glitters…

19 Monday May 2025

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on May 9th, we found the chicken wire we’ve been looking for, to add to the arches in the side garden…

I am hoping this will make it easier for the peas, cucumbers, and beans to climb up and over the space;-)…

my housemate did a great job of zip tying it all around the arch, and it kind of glitters;-)…

peas were planted and have already popped through the soil…

crop…

03 Saturday May 2025

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a few days ago, after I read something about cold weather planting, I spent time in the side garden…

after I removed a trellis from the file cabinet planter, I fluffed the soil (lol), and then planted a row of peas…

some of the seeds were from last year’s crop and some new ones from a box…

can’t wait to see what happens with them;-)…

cucumber…

01 Thursday Aug 2024

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this morning I went to the garden to harvest some peas…

while I was out there I discovered that the cucumber I saw on Monday had grown like crazy… apparently they like crazy heat, lol…

I collected the peas, some basil, and the lovely cucumber…

decided on a cucumber sandwich for lunch… with some fresh sourdough and cream cheese…

after peeling the cucumber, I used the mandolin to make thin slices…

enjoyed the sandwich in the garden with coleslaw I’d made on Tuesday;-)…

some…

16 Tuesday Jul 2024

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all of the rain has made some of the veggie garden plants quite happy…

the tomatoes are doing well and growing bigger each day…

the peapods are filling out rather nicely and I had my first peas… from just one pod, lol…

the beans are growing up the arch but don’t have any flowers yet and the cucumbers are very slow in flowering…

I think that I may need to plant more beans and even cucumbers… sadly the butternut squash seed did not produce…

and, finally the basil has started to fill the pot;-)…

raining…

15 Wednesday May 2024

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up early yesterday, had a quick breakfast, and headed out to get some gardening done before the rain started…

brought out the baskets…

put on my gloves, gathered up seeds, soil, tags, and tools…

emptied one of the nine vegetable planter boxes and then as I dug in fertilizer and loosened up the soil, I removed a bit of soil from each pot and then added in fresh soil…

next I planted peas and beans in the area where they will be able to grow up the arch…

I also planted some in the file cabinet planter so they can grow up the other side of the arch…

the cucumbers and tomatoes will go into the remaining pots around the end of the month… I have a few butternut squash seeds to put in as well…

and then it started raining, so everything got put away and I came into the house, lol…

connectors…

18 Wednesday May 2022

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spent time in the garden on Monday, even though the temperature was cool…

found the trellis pieces and the connectors for my planters and put them up… was worried for a few minutes because those connectors did seem to be hiding… my neighbour was out and helped me fasten them to the chain link fence so they won’t blow over…