Peas in a Pod

I picked these this morning for a snack. We have a few more left to pick once they are ready.  I should have planted a lot more.

Otis loves eating them right out of the pod.

Green Beans

I picked our first batch of beans. We will probably get one more dinner from them. The vine variety have lots of flowers but not beans of yet. I will be working in Toronto until Friday and didn't want them to get to big. They probably could have used a day or two of more sun. Oh well. I will have more patience next round.

Vegetable Garden

Here is the list

Tomatoes – 8 Varieties - Most Heritage
Tomatillo – 2 Varieties
Leeks – 6 plants
Fennel – 1 plant
Green Onion - 18 plants
Chives – Perennial planted last year.
Eggplant – 4 plants Coming soon
Cucumber – A critter ate it.
Strawberries – Started with 8 plants now down to 6
Basil – 5 plants 2 Varieties
Cilantro - 1 plant
Parsley - 1 plant
Jalapeno - 1 plant
Beans - 8 plants
Peas – 8 plants
Carrots – a whole bunch of seeds. They need to be thinned
Rhubarb – Came with the house
Rosemary - 1 plant
Broccoli – 1 plant
Peppers – 4 different plants
Gold Onions – 16 plants
Oregano - 1 Plant
Zucchini - 1 plant






I still have a few Pepper and Eggplants I picked up at Bailey's Food Buying Club. that need to be planted.

I also hope to get Oregano and potatoes. Andrea B. was trying to pick up some Oregano from her parents place.

The Potatoes may be a bit more difficult this late in the year. I have a book called A Slice of Organic Life. In this book there is a section on how to grow potatoes in a pail. I am very interested in doing so. Just need to get a pail of some sort and some seeding potatoes. I am not sure this will happen this year. I can hope though.

Below is a picture of our new garden that has been added to the side of the house. This is the best location to get sun being we have two giant trees on our property. This was one of the outdoor projects we have been working on this year.

Little City Farm

A few weeks back Otis and I went to a seedling sale in town. Andrea B. sent us a heads up about it. The heads up came in the form of a link to two wonderful sites. One being their blog and the other a business based sight.

Karin & Greg are so inspiring. They run a Eco Bed and Breakfast. Also Homestead Herbals
Natural Handmade Soaps and Herbals. From what I understand, all of the herbs are grown on their land. Karin also has an Organic Vegan Baked Goods & Catering company that has been put on hold for the time being as they also have a 10 month old Little girl named Maya.

I had a quick chance to chat with Karin before the seedling sale exploded with business. Otis loved his Cupcake(Carrot Muffin) we bought. We bumped into a few people we knew at the sale, Tony and Andrea were there too. We all took a self guided tour of the Homestead and visited with the chicken. I really really really want chickens.

We bought most of the plants in our garden from this sale. Here is the back garden with everything planted on day one. There will be more pictures to come.

***Top Two Picture Courtesy of Little City Farm***