Gaea's Garden Blog

Week 10

gaeasgarden — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:55:14 +0000

Hardening alley! Tomato seedlings ready for transplant

We hiked up to the peak of the mountain behind our house. We climbed to 3200 feet or so to the top of the peak, it was alittle scary!

The beautiful view from up top a mountain.

This is the waterfall about an hour hike from our house. You can climb up behind it and then continue up the mountain if you find the right path.

Week 9

gaeasgarden — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:37:20 +0000

The lettuce patch before it was harvested, leaving it bare for the next crop. salad greens!

Remember those tiny tomatoes? This is before they went outside to be hardened off, then we planted them all. Yes, all of them.

Packing the van for the market, setting another booby trap, muahaha!

Fuzzy the cat, being cute. His brother Sylvester is hanging out, sleeping away.

Week 8

gaeasgarden — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:06:14 +0000

We planted some corn and beans early, to try to get them started, then put a white cloth on to keep the heat in

Garlic, broccoli, kohlrabi and cauliflower are sure growing fast!

A planting session well done, and done for the day! Post work chat time

Packing for the market, setting the "booby trap" i.e. the tables stuffed in the space left behind the side door. Watch out when you open it!

Week 7

gaeasgarden — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:50:29 +0000

So many tomatoes! Where am I going to put them.... :O

Seedlings ready for transplant! Lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber

Peppers, hot, banana, bell, italian bell, many colours of the rainbow.

Week 6 – Never a dull moment.

gaeasgarden — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:14:20 +0000

The whale skeleton/greenhouse frame is erect!

Time for some high-flying hijinks! Or, putting on the plastic.

With a combination of monkeying around and team work, the top is put on.

And the sides...

The front and back, and then planted with lettuce.

Week 5

gaeasgarden — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:18:22 +0000

Another shot of the apprentice seedlings.

Oops, guess that catnip seed was good after all....ack, thinning time :p

Some of my herbs, need pricking out into trays.

Once a tiny catnip/catmint plant I weeded out of a greenhouse and planted in a pot. Id say it is doing well!

The 3rd and last greenhouse, its skeleton upright! I'll post more pictures of the plastic going up next week.

Week 4

gaeasgarden — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:05:27 +0000

My personal seedlings! An army of life

My watermelon and cucumber seedlings, Klippers tomatoes in the back.

The catnip is sprouting!

The lettuce, broccoli and chard greenhouse. Survived a chicken massacre!

One of the two salad mix greenhouses. Arugula, Mizuna, Tatsoi, RubyStreaks, Spinach, etc.

Those are all tomatoes. Yup. The shelves extend to behind the camera on both sides. AND there are much more! We ran out of space.

So first we start with broadcasting tomatoes into a big cell, then we prick them out and transplant them to the trays with little cells. Still lots left :p

Week 3

gaeasgarden — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:22:34 +0000

The difference in egg sizes I collect. The tiny one has no yolk, though.

Market time!

A small portion of the horde that awaits me each morning.

And they descend upon the food, watch out!

Friday

gaeasgarden — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:50:42 +0000

A strange little cloud crossing the mountain. The clouds were so low that day I felt like I could jump up and touch them....

Thursday

gaeasgarden — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:40:41 +0000

Welcome to Keremeos, closest town.