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The busy season has started!
May. 6th, 2012 07:49 pmI have not blogged in a while. Spring is here and there is so much happening. Yesterday I gave a workshop to Christ Church on Ochterloney street about SPIN (Small Plot INtensive) farming. We put in a lasagna garden and some pallet gardens. Pictures:
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About a month ago was the Halifax Seedy Sunday at the Seaport Farmer's Market. There, I gave a talk there about composting and soil health, along with Jayme Melrose, who talked about the Common Roots Urban Farm project and Nikki Jabbour, who talked about season extension. I got some buckwheat seeds from somebody who wants to help the bees. They will be a cover crop and lovely wildflower and bee-friend, as well as a small amount of grain, if I harvested it. I threw it outside on a nice day before reading that it should go out before the last frost date. Oops! We'll see if that became a problem.
The peas are coming up in the kitchen sink bed
A bumblebee. It looks like all the unusually sunny and dry weather will be good for the berries this year.
These are currants, gooseberries and hardy kiwi that I may be selling at the farmer's markets this season. Come by Annapolis Seeds if you want some. If business is good enough I'll bring them to the brewery market when seed-selling season is over in June.
The garlic is coming up in the aged horse manure raised beds. I wonder how big of a bulb they will make?
The tomatoes are coming along slowly but surely. I think the potting soil I used this year was
sub-par. I've added some blood and bone meal.
The buried container is successfully containing the stinging nettle.
The asparagus is only 3 years old. It looks like we will be able to harvest from it next year. I have been feeding it 4 times a year. I transplanted another one but it looks like it died. I also have a new lavender this year.
Next Sunday will be the fruit tree planting day. The time is finished to order trees, but if you want to help volunteer to plant trees, Meet at the Ecology Action Centre next sunday, the 13th, at 10:00 am. There will be another tree planting day, in the fall we hope. So if you wanted to get in on the action there is still hope, or you can buy a tree yourself at www.charliethetreeguy.ca.
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About a month ago was the Halifax Seedy Sunday at the Seaport Farmer's Market. There, I gave a talk there about composting and soil health, along with Jayme Melrose, who talked about the Common Roots Urban Farm project and Nikki Jabbour, who talked about season extension. I got some buckwheat seeds from somebody who wants to help the bees. They will be a cover crop and lovely wildflower and bee-friend, as well as a small amount of grain, if I harvested it. I threw it outside on a nice day before reading that it should go out before the last frost date. Oops! We'll see if that became a problem.
The peas are coming up in the kitchen sink bed
A bumblebee. It looks like all the unusually sunny and dry weather will be good for the berries this year.
These are currants, gooseberries and hardy kiwi that I may be selling at the farmer's markets this season. Come by Annapolis Seeds if you want some. If business is good enough I'll bring them to the brewery market when seed-selling season is over in June.
The garlic is coming up in the aged horse manure raised beds. I wonder how big of a bulb they will make?
The tomatoes are coming along slowly but surely. I think the potting soil I used this year was
sub-par. I've added some blood and bone meal.
The buried container is successfully containing the stinging nettle.
The asparagus is only 3 years old. It looks like we will be able to harvest from it next year. I have been feeding it 4 times a year. I transplanted another one but it looks like it died. I also have a new lavender this year.
Next Sunday will be the fruit tree planting day. The time is finished to order trees, but if you want to help volunteer to plant trees, Meet at the Ecology Action Centre next sunday, the 13th, at 10:00 am. There will be another tree planting day, in the fall we hope. So if you wanted to get in on the action there is still hope, or you can buy a tree yourself at www.charliethetreeguy.ca.
