Adventures in growing edibles veganically in a small townhouse backyard in Ottawa, Canada. (veganic since ~2021)
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Uppotted the tomatoes that were started 3.5 weeks ago (April 6th) -- grew well in hexagon multi-tray
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Aha -- found the round 2 Belstar broccolis!
Monday, April 21, 2025
12-hour-soaked peas now in vermiculite
So yes, soaked the peas for just 12 hours instead of 24 hours. They look good and swollen and are starting to split (in a good way).
For the vermiculite container, used a larger indoor container whose holes on the bottom aren't too big and alternated layers of vermiculite and peas.
Sunday, April 20, 2025
GA: Weeding almost finished!
Peas (x100 seeds) started (will soak for 12 hours; then into indoor vermiculite until germinated; then directly outside to soil ---- i.e. almost same as last year)
A bit of a late start due to a cold, rainy, cloudy spring so far. Anyway, today I started soaking the peas (100 of them, just because that sounds like a nice round number, and I plan to buy another t-post to expand the vertical section of the yard). Then tomorrow I'll put them into indoor vermiculite, multiple layers / treasure hunt -style. Then once they germinate (NOT once they pop up -- just once they have a root as seen when I'll go digging in the vermiculate), they'll go directly outside into soil. This is the approach I used last year, which worked well to avoid critters digging up / eating unsprouted seeds. -- Though a difference is this year I'm only soaking for 12 hours rather than 24 hours.
Thursday, April 17, 2025
More Belstar broccoli started today
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Belstar broccoli doing badly; best 3 are piracicaba; too hot in grow room for Belstar?
Sunday, April 13, 2025
First direct sun for hardies (just 15 minutes)
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Basil started -- for real this time! (forgot it on April 6th)
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Belstar broccoli round 2 started --> ?!? I can't find them? -- so started another round of Belstar on April 17th
Started tomatoes (many varieties), ground cherries, and zinnias -- MEANT TO DO BASIL TOO BUT FORGOT UNTIL APRIL 12TH
Zinnia: The usual mix of short and tall, and the last of the yellow store-bought.
Ground cherries: The packet bought a few years ago.
Tomatoes: All the varities I have except for Scotia. So this includes, by memory:
- Damsel
- Big Tofu Plus
- Mortgage Lifter
- San Marzano (my first time trying these)
- Jasper
- can't remember what else