June 30, 2026
Just back from a quick perusal of the gardens, as thunder is rumbling and rain is starting to fall...yeah. Mother Nature has been good with the moisture, but more is now due, and she seems to have gotten the message.
Just some random pics of garden stuff...
This is the rhubarb...one could use the leaves as an umbrella. That is a meter stick in the middle, and some of the stalks are almost as big as my wrist. Thankfully I harvested and froze enough for winter treats while the stems were young and tender.
My 24 celery plants are doing well. One is supposed to hill each plant up with soil once they get around 8 inches high. I pushed bottomless pots into the soil around each plant, and filled them with vermiculite. When the girth of the plants gets bigger, the pots will come off.
Peas are blooming and making pods along the pea fence which will transition to the cucumber fence, as the vines along the front grow. This arrangement worked well last summer, so I'm doing a repeat.
A bigger bed of potatoes is planted down near the barn. Deer are not supposed to like nibbling on plants in the Solanaceae family, but apparently I neglected to inform them, and they all have to try a leaf or two to figure it out for themselves. The plants on each corner have been sampled, particularly the right foreground.
Our peace was a little shattered for a couple of weeks, but seems to have returned now. A nearby property had it's large Red pine plantation thinned, and the sound of saws and skidders was cringe-worthy to this tree and bird lover. Here is maybe the last load, awaiting the truck.
Interesting idea with the celery. I have tried it a few times with marginal results. I like your pot idea. I certainly have enough old pots.
ReplyDeleteI thought the vermiculite would be easier to scrub out when it was time to harvest. I've found with store bought celery, one needs to get in there with a stiff brush to dislodge the soil on the ribs. We'll see how this goes. Never grown it before, but I have access to lots of water, so giving it a go.
DeleteYour garden looks to be doing very well. Rhubarb has been prolific around here, too, but not to the extent that yours has done. We have used it in various ways, including for a sauce we make to serve with chicken. This heat and humidity is quite awful and I hope you are coping well. Yesterday we left Victoria, BC at 14 degrees and arrived back at Pearson to 33 degrees (feels like 40 they cheerfully informed us). The sooner this heat wave is over the better. Take good care - David
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are back safely. Expecting some pictures from your trip!
DeleteIt is a bit brutal with the heat and humidity. I was out doing gardening stuff all AM, and it is so good to come in to a cool shower and a cool house. Back out this PM to cut grass so we don't end up living in a hay field. "This too shall pass."
Our gardens are looking great too. I did a survey after last evenings storm but it all looks good. Carrots are a little flat but they will pop up again. Elderberry bush lost a branch but that's okay, it needed a trim.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very scary storm last night, with the wind and torrential rain. 3cm in the gauge this AM. I think there was more, but it was going by sideways! Onions and garlic are all canted to the east, and Hubby sawed a big tree off the road out front. Good to know you came through relatively unscathed!
DeleteWhoops, correction...5 cm in the gauge. It was 3 after the earlier rain, and 5 this AM.
DeleteYour garden looks so good. You have some unique daylilies, and the rhubarb! Spectacular!
ReplyDeleteThanks Leigh. The heat loving stuff is just drinking in this hot, humid weather, and growing overnight. We are not so happy with it!
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