Ontario Pesticide Green Sign

Ontario has a new pesticide law as of April 22, 2009. Only Class 11 pesticides may be applied.

This is the new Green Sign.
This sign must be posted when a Professional Applicator applies a Class 11 pesticide in a public place. (Eco Clear is Horticultural Vinegar)

Lets Dance Hydrangea

Lets Dance Moonlight hydrangea is doing very well!!

Canadian Vegetable Gardening - Book Review

Douglas Green's Guide to Canadian Vegetable Gardening is succinct and lacking the usual verbal diarrhea. It is obvious that Doug knows that the manure belongs in the garden not on the printed page.

His writing style is an easy gentle and informative read. The centre section of this book focuses on intensive vegetable production. Here Doug covers crop rotation, interplanting and even those vegetables to grow in less than full sun.

His alphabetical list of vegetables and herbs are each distilled ot the necessary information. For me the fun part of the book was the additional information Doug provides on each plant.

Douglas Green's Guide to Canadian Vegetable Gardening is a fine addition to my personal horticultural library.

Bruce

Progress on our Tomatoes as of Today

Progress on our Tomatoes as of June 19. These monsters are outgrowing their cages.

These are the first tomatoes on our tomato plants. The varieties are "Golden Honey Bunch" & "Windowbox Roma"

Now we need hot weather to get these to ripen!!

The Backyard Homestead - Book Review

I really like the book "The Backyard Homestead". It gives you all the possibilities, then lets you decide what you can do and have room for. I also liked how it showed you what you can do with what you produce & how best to keep the produce fresh. It really peeks the imagination. I felt motivated.
Now I want chickens, rabbits, ducks & bees. Unfortunately no one else in my family agrees with me.

Daughter #1

Progress on our Tomatoes

These tomatoes were transplanted on May 9, 2009. Yes I know it is too early for tomatoes to be planted but they were planted with protection - in their own plastic greenhouse kit.

These are the tomatoes that were growing so well that they pushed off the tops of their greenhouses.

Today, we put the tomato cages on the tomatoes. They are actually concrete reinforcing that have been made into cylinders. They work great for the tomatoes that are indeterminate!

Stokes Seeds Meet & Greet!

Stokes Seeds
296 Collier Road
Thorold, ON
Saturday, May 9, 2009
12 noon - 2 pm

Bring all your gardening questions
Plant, bug & disease samples