Tales from an Ottawa backyard veggie garden
Adventures in growing edibles veganically in a small townhouse backyard in Ottawa, Canada. (veganic since ~2021)
Friday, April 4, 2025
Hardening day 2 -- and now living downstairs full time (hardies only)
Monday, March 31, 2025
Hardening off started today! Shade only, ~+5 to +8
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Bad weather -- delayed in starting to harden off -- no room left under lights!!
Argh, the three main shelves are completely full so I desperately want to start hardening things off so that there will be space next week when the next batch of seed-starting is due.
I'm hopeful that the weather will cooperate this week, to get started. But first, I want to finish placing the chicken wire, to hopefully be sure that the local rabbit(s) can't come in and have a feast!
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Last year's potatoes are sprouting (most of them)
I'll use them to grow some of this year's potatoes.
Thawed peppers great in hash browns!
Uppotted the bigger broccoli -- they're too big with 2 months before can plant at GA!!!
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Started sweet bell peppers, coreopsis, and forget-me-not
The bell peppers are all California Wonder -- some from my old tin foil set, some newer.
The coreopsis are all from the seeds I collected last year from a GA.
Forget-me-not are all from 2021.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Tuberous begonia update: Zero signs of insects (phew!)
(Also zero signs of begonia yet, but that's normal at this stage.)
I'm still keeping it in the kitchen though rather than the plant room, just in case.
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Started kale and chard
Kale: The same as last year -- Vates Blue Curled -- but mostly using seeds collected last year, and a few of the bought seeds separately.
Chard: Good old Fordhook as always.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Started some peppers, and more celery and stevia
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Tuberous begonia update: NOT eggs after all I don't think
I unbagged the pot a couple of days ago (keeping it in the kitchen) -- what looked like eggs no longer look like anything. I'm guessing it was some type of fungus maybe? But everything looks decent now. Will leave downstairs in the kitchen though for a while longer, just in case.
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Started stevia round 2 and New York onions round ~3 or 4
(To fill in gaps.)
Saturday, February 8, 2025
OH NONONONONO!!!!! EGGS ON TOP OF THE TUBEROUSO BEGONIA SOIL!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Started cauliflower, and round 2 of leeks and green onions
Cauliflower = Early Snowball. First time really trying cauliflower.
And more leeks and green onions because the green onions had bad germination rate and not enough leeks.