Bad Blogger, Good Gardener, Part 3
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Can organic vegetables be grown in a cottage garden in the Canadian Shield. How do we protect from wild animals. Will we get a useful yield.
What this has Cost
Item |
Cost |
| 45 Bags soil | 106 |
| Fencing | 60 |
| Beer for slugs | 6 |
| Total | $172 |
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Lessons for Next Year
Add lots of compost in the containers that did poorly. In fact replace about a half of soil in them now. Use this soil in next years compost. Add compost to all containers. Must have rich soil. However, with the amount of compost on the go there should be no need to buy anything.
Do a better job of replanting. Arrange containers ahead of time for lettuce, beets and radish for weekly planting.
From early tastings heritage plants have more flavour than modern varieties but are slower to crop. Start some modern varieties for quick return in early spring.
Plant zuccini etc. well apart. Containers are heavy and one zuchini leaf fill completly shade a neighbouring container.
MORE SUN LESS RAIN
Do a better job of replanting. Arrange containers ahead of time for lettuce, beets and radish for weekly planting.
From early tastings heritage plants have more flavour than modern varieties but are slower to crop. Start some modern varieties for quick return in early spring.
Plant zuccini etc. well apart. Containers are heavy and one zuchini leaf fill completly shade a neighbouring container.
MORE SUN LESS RAIN
What we have Planted
| Container | # | Produce | Planted | 1st Crop | Yield | Notes |
| Salad Greens | ||||||
| Addington | 1 | Black Seeded Simpson lettuce | May 19 | |||
| Percival | 1 | Bronze Arrow lettuce | May 19 | |||
| Goderich | 1 | Cracoviensis lettuce | May 19 | Jun 30 | 4 hds | *** |
| Canning | 1 | Magenta Mountain Orach lettuce | May 19 | Jul 07 | Garnish | |
| Portland | 1 | Rouge D'Hiver lettuce | May 19 | Jul 07 | 4 hds | *** |
| Pitt the Younger | 1 | Rouge Grenoblois lettuce | May 19 | Jun 30 | 4 hds | *** |
| Thatcher | 1 | Mesculin Mix | Jun 13 | |||
| Major | 1 | Peppery Mesclun | Jul 01 | |||
| Goderich | 2 | Red Butterworth Lettuce | Jul 01 | |||
| Pitt the Younger | 2 | Lettuce | Jul 07 | |||
| Portland | 2 | Early Great Lakes Lettuce | Jul 15 | |||
| Disraeli | 2 | Grand Rapids Lettuce | Jul 15 | |||
| Peppers | ||||||
| Melbourne | 1 | Hot Pepper | Jun 06 | |||
| Lloyd George | 1 | Red Pepper | Jun 06 | |||
| Russel | 1 | Red Pepper | Jun 06 | |||
| Asquith | 1 | Red Pepper | Jun 06 | |||
| Aberdeen | 1 | Red Pepper | Jun 06 | |||
| Harper | 1 | Red Pepper | Jun 06 | |||
| Tomatoes | ||||||
| Gladstone | 1 | Beefsteak Tomato | Jun 06 | |||
| Balfour | 1 | Beefsteak Tomato | Jun 06 | |||
| Palmerston 2 | 1 | Beefsteak Tomato | Jun 06 | |||
| Campbell-Bannerman | 1 | Tomato | Jun 06 | |||
| Salisbury | 1 | Zebra Tomato | Jun 06 | |||
| Grey | 1 | Zebra Tomato | Jun 06 | |||
| Beans | ||||||
| Newcastle | 1 | Black Balentine bush beans | May 18 | |||
| Devonshire | 1 | Scarlett Runner pole beans | May 18 | |||
| Pelham | 1 | Tender Green bush beans | May 18 | |||
| Wilmington | 1 | Scarlett Runner pole beans | May 19 | |||
| Callaghan | 1 | Pole Bean | Jun 06 | |||
| Beets | ||||||
| Walpole | 1 | Albino beets | May 18 | |||
| Walpole | 1 | Bull's Blood beets | May 18 | |||
| Rockingham | 1 | Chiogea beet | May 18 | |||
| Bute | 1 | Crosby Egyptian beet | May 18 | |||
| Bute | 1 | Early Wonder Tall Top beet | May 18 | |||
| Rockingham | 1 | Golden beet | May 18 | |||
| Wilson | 1 | Albino Beet | Jun 13 | |||
| Bonar Law | 1 | Detroit Red Beet | Jun 13 | |||
| Kim Campbell | 1 | Beet | Jul 01 | |||
| McMillan | 1 | Detroit Red Beet | Jul 01 | |||
| John A MacDonald | 1 | Crosby Egyptian Beet | Jul 07 | |||
| Liverpool | 2 | Bulls Blood Beet | Jul 19 | |||
| Trudeau | 1 | Bulls Blood | Jul 07 | |||
| Root Vegetables | ||||||
| Grafton | 1 | Colourful carrot mix | May 18 | |||
| North | 1 | Little Finger carrots | May 18 | |||
| Palmerston 1 | 1 | Crimson Giant Radish | May 19 | Jul 08 | 1 | |
| Shelburne | 1 | Plum Purple radish | May 19 | Jun 30 | 6 | * |
| MacKenzie King | 1 | White Icicle Radish | Jul 07 | |||
| Rosebery | 2 | White Icicle Radish | Jul 19 | |||
| Squash Family | ||||||
| Disraeli | 1 | Cheyenne bush pumpkin | May 03 | -- | xxx | |
| Peel 1 | 1 | Cheyenne bush pumpkin | May 18 | |||
| Chamberlain | 1 | Cheyenne bush pumpkin | May 18 | |||
| Churchill | 1 | Cheyenne bush pumpkin | May 18 | |||
| Wellington | 1 | Cocozelle zucchini | May 18 | |||
| Rosebery | 1 | Cocozelle zucchini | May 18 | xxx | ||
| Baldwin | 1 | Cocozelle zucchini | May 18 | |||
| Derby | 1 | Cocozelle zucchini | May 18 | |||
| Liverpool | 1 | Walthem Butternut Squash | May 18 | xxx | ||
| Other Vegetables | ||||||
| Eden | 1 | Borage | May 18 | |||
| Attlee | 1 | Broccoli Raab | May 18 | |||
| Grenville | 1 | Brussel Sprouts | May 18 | |||
| Pitt the Elder | 1 | Brussel Sprouts | May 18 | |||
| MacDonald | 1 | Spinach | May 18 | |||
| Laurier | 1 | Borage | Jul 01 | Yuck | ||
| Laurier | 2 | Broccoli Raab | Jul 15 | |||
| Peel 2 | 1 | Spinach | Jul 15 | |||
| Small Containers in Porch | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | Basil | May 03 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 2 | 1 | Cilantro | May 03 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 3 | 1 | Leaf Lettuce | May 03 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 4 | 1 | Mesculun (2) | May 03 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 5 | 1 | Mustard Greens | May 03 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 6 | 1 | Rocket | May 03 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 7 | 1 | Romaine | May 03 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 1 | 2 | Mesculun Mix | Jul 07 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 2 | 2 | Peppery Mesculun Mix | Jul 07 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 3 | 2 | Leaf Lettuce | Jul 15 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 7 | 2 | Lettuce | Jul 15 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 6 | 2 | Lettuce | Jul 15 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 5 | 2 | Spinach | Jul 15 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| 4 | 2 | Spinach | Jul 15 | Jun 06 | Garnish | |
| Big 40 Gallon Containers | ||||||
| Mercury | 1 | Fingerling potatoes | May 18 | |||
| Mercury | 1 | Potatoes | May 18 | |||
| Venus | 1 | Rhubarb | May 18 | Jun 30 | 6 stks | |
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Notes
*** Excellant taste and good crop
** Good taste and crop
* OK but not great
+ Probably won't plant next year
++ Poor performance
+++ Dead loss
I guess the zucchini was still too small to pick?
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