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.
At last. The enclosure is finished and the electric fence is working. The final step was this 7 ft. pole that will support netting for the beans and tomatoes. A couple of bean pots are in place.
Item |
Cost |
| 45 Bags soil | 106 |
| Fencing | 60 |
| Beer for slugs | 6 |
| Total | $172 |
| 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 | |
