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Category: Garden
What fava beans are good for.
One has to really like fava beans to grow them in their annual veggie garden…. despite being incredibly simple (watch out for the aphids!), they take up a lot of room for a yield that might get you three meals at best. Still, nothing… Continue Reading “What fava beans are good for.”
Up in the garden.
On Sunday night I ate these turnips – oven roasted – with rhubarb ketchup – and they were awesome. I also note that my squash, corn and beans have all germinated and are sprouting nicely, plus I’ve got a good-looking cauliflower, cabbages and brussels… Continue Reading “Up in the garden.”
Painful plant tending – lemons and limes
As regular readers here know, this is my first year at growing potted meyer lemon and bearss lime trees in my north-facing backyard. I started out in March with trees from Bob Dunan on Vancouver Island, and other than an early slug-attack my plants… Continue Reading “Painful plant tending – lemons and limes”
Bees and lupins.
My attempt to capture a bee photo in the Garibaldi school garden on my phone…. what was so remarkable about this was 1) how many bees there were in the lupin patch and 2) that you could see their full pollen sacs (that orange… Continue Reading “Bees and lupins.”
In the garden first week of spring!
We got two full days of sun on the weekend which lead to a flurry of garden activity for the first time since I got the pea trellis and the vertical garden frame installed in February. There was the lemon/lime tree planting last week,… Continue Reading “In the garden first week of spring!”
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