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Now also harvested, GERMAN BUTTERBALL heritage potato. Beautiful yellow flesh, tons of flavor- hence the name...we do have a limited amount available...

Hello gang!

It is that time of year again! If you are interested in a large(ish) group swap of veg/fruit/flower/herb seeds just for Canadians, here...

Thinking ahead to next year.

My chickens really love old cukes, sliced in half so that they can eat the seeds. They also seem to like Kale leaves....

So getting the garden cleaned up and ready for winter. Garlic and my walking onions planted. I would do some onion sets too, but can't find any....

We are currently drying some Kanawahke Mohawk Pole Beans...both on the vine and out of the shell.

How do you folks cook these up once they have...

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I live about an hour north of Ottawa, the last two weeks of August we had temperatures as low as +4 to 0 during nights and only +15 during the...

Harvesting is under way. Offering SEED POTATOES in several rare varieties:

PERUVIAN PURPLE, these spuds are dark inside and out!
REDDER BLOOD, these...

I didn't take pics but I can tomorrow.

I found a fruit with a papery brown/grey mottled skin.

Because I was curious I tore it open.

Immediately...

So this spring, purely by chance I came across some pumpkin seeds I saved some time ago and then forgot to plant.
In an effort to clean up, I threw...

Having just dug up the spuds, I now have a clean area of garden and was thinking of emptying out the coop and spreading the mixture of pine shavings,...

Two of my new water lilies have started to bloom.
This one is called Grapefruit. It stands a few inches above the water. The catalog showed it as a...

How is your garden this year? Mine really sucks. I usually try to eat a tomato by Canada day, I don't think I will have one by August first, my...

I am digging out, sieving and amending the soil in garden bed, about 9 total. I was thinking of putting newspapers in the bottom as weed suppression....

Things in veggie land are better even with the crappie weather. I brought in four tomatoes that are just a few days away from good eating, I learned...

I found these a few years ago and really like them. Put them in in the fall like garlic or a little earlier. First green onions next spring, then put...

We ended up planting way more than I had planned on....we will be offering seed potatoes this fall of some very interesting varieties...

Redder...

I sowed my potatoes late, around first week of June, they are flowering now, is this a good time to hill them or wait for a while?

I have one asparagus plant in a flower bed in the front yard. I don't eat it, I just like the ferny tops for cutting and for texture. The other day I...

You have been pre-warned this is going to be a rant ;)
after two hail storms in four days, I am taking stock of this tragic thing that is usually my...

In April, I set my sights on new potatoes by fathers day. I dug three plants on Sunday, and we had a meal of those wonderful little things. Will...

I want to order some bare root water lilies. Does anyone know of a place that sells them and will ship? I've tried online searches but I get a bunch...

Can I use shavings as mulch for the strawberries and pepper plants?

Last year I planted a small orchard of plum, Apple and pear trees. Going into the fall they were all doing well. Winter wasn't rough, but, the wife's...