I love the garden

in garden •  10 months ago 

This is my daily garden update for May 26th 2023. Today I dug up more lawn in an effort to finish before the end of the month. A steady effort is paying off...

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The little shovel is marking the location where I broke ground 7 weeks ago. Here's what it looked like on April 9th:

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If the weather and my health hold out, next week it will look something like this:

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I'll have the last of my seeds planted in the first week of June. Not too bad, considering my limitations, and starting with nothing but grass and moss!

After expanding the garden today, I planted some sweet basil seeds. Sweet basil is excellent in pasta and pizza sauce! I ate a bit of lettuce this evening, and it was really good. The food is about to start rolling in!

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Nice progress, I read lots of plant name that am not familiar with but here people plant mostly cassava, tomatoes, yam, maize, sweet potato, garlic, onions, Palm tree and they are located in various part of the country

I wonder if other tubers such as cassava, ocumo, or yams can be planted and harvested there, as they provide a lot of fiber and keep the digestive system in good health.

What other things will you sow? Do you plan to plant some kind of fruit tree? Possibly they would have a good place at the end of the field.

I think those tubers are generally imported to Canada because they don't grow well here. But I could probably grow them in a limited inefficient way, if I really wanted to. Mostly I prefer to stick to crops that do really well in the climate I'm in. Until this year I've been in a warm (35C+) and dry region, but now I'm further North and closer to the ocean, so it's going to have more rainfall, a shortened growing season (May to Sep), and cooler temperatures. Your advice about fruit trees is excellent. I am looking for some good apple trees, and then hopefully I will be here in a few years to see them produce fruit. Also some berry bushes, which should do fairly well here. The end of the field is a great spot, you're right.

Looking really good! Your hardwork almost pays off! You will be eating your own produce soon!

Wow! in a few days, some of them will be ready on the table.


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For sure! I like to start taking the lower lettuce leaves early on, to encourage fresh growth on top. So we're going to have a small test salad this evening. You would be welcome to drop by if you were in the area!

Yeah if I were in the are, I would love it..
This was mine yesterday. Lettuce, cucumber and seedless tomato

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Nice selection! @MediKatie likes her tomatoes seedless as well.

Looking good! Our yard isn't much smaller than a lot of the "farms" in the area! I'm going to be happy when we're in the habit of eating salad every day from the garden.


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