Adventures in growing edibles veganically in a small townhouse backyard in Ottawa, Canada. (veganic since ~2021)
Saturday, November 26, 2022
Another chard harvest -- still under plastic (mild day today)
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Chard(/lettuce) now covered under clear plastic instead of blanket
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Chards semi-flopped from cold; will cover from tonight's snow
Last night wasn't particularly cold -- minus 5 -- but today the central bed's chards are semi-flopped and didn't bounce back during the day. So, did a potentially-final? harvest.
Snow is coming tonight/tomorrow (5 to 10 cm) so just for fun I decided to cover the chards (and the mini late-sow lettuce). Placed a tall fence over them then simply draped the blue curtains over the chards (including the ones against the west house, which haven't flopped yet) and a sheet over the lettuce.
Friday, November 11, 2022
Tuberous begonia tuber brought inside
A hard frost must have hit this week finally, as the plant was obviously kaput. The thick stems were still intact, so maybe I should have / could have waited a bit longer for more frost, but I wanted to get all the containers washed up today as it's the last nice day (high of 18!).
Harvested all potted Bolero carrots: Results
The carrots sowed July 26th in the big black pot were short, but great! Not hairy, just short -- nice ~3" beauties. No difference in size from the ones that I thinned generously vs. the ones I left more crowded. I wonder if they would do fine in a shorter container, given they only used the upper bit of the pot.
On the other hand, the ones sowed April 12th in the grey rectangular pots, which growed beautifully in 2021, weren't a flop, but were all hairy and short. Did I wait too long to harvest? The July 26th ones noted above were much nicer.
Hmmm -- reviewing my notes -- the July 26th pot had been amended with kelp and MRP, whereas the April 12th one I didn't seem to have added anything to it -- maybe that could be related?
But regardless, they're all perfectly edible!
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Shade success: Potted short zinnias
The potted short zinnias (in the fake terracotta pots) did great in the shade along the fence. Would definitely do this again.