Friday, May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019 at 09:46AM
These are clove currants, a kind of blackcurrant with larger fruit. Pretty flowers too! We juice these and freeze the juice, then I use the leftover pulp along with apple or pear pulp to make fruit leather. . . #blackcurrant #clovecurrant #currants #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #bcgardener #organicgardens #urbangardeners #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #backyardhomestead #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens #gardeningknowhow #juicing #fruitleather
May 10, 2019 at 02:18AM
See those little blobs? Them’s figs 😀 Alfie loves figs, and last year this tree gave us two as its first crop. This year there are about a dozen growing. . . #figtree #figs #figseason #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #bcgardener #organicgardens #urbangardeners #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #backyardhomestead #gardeningknowhow
Thursday, May 9, 2019
May 09, 2019 at 11:02AM
I was just mulching this bed today and realized, there’s a lot going on here! 1. 18 Brussels sprout plants in a 12’x3’ bed. Actually the frilly leaved ones further away are kale sprouts (kalettes), a cross bywn kale and br sprouts. Plus a few lettuce which will be grown and eaten before the sprouts need the space-in fact I could have fitted in more than the three I did. 2. Drip irrigation, 2 kinds. On the left is drip pipe, half inch poly pipe with drippers built in every 1 ft. On the right, 1/4” soaker hose. 3. Slug defence: copper flashing in a ring round the lettuce 4. Cabbage root maggot defence: each brassica plant has a square of thick landscape fabric around the stem, weighed down by stones. This mostly stops the fly from laying the eggs that become root maggots. (Not the same as cabbage butterflies) 5. Grass clipping mulch from our lovely neighbors (we don’t have mowable grass) to keep weeds down and moisture in. 6. Bed was top dressed with the used soil from the trays I grew microgreens in over the winter. Pros: adds organic matter and some nutrients to the soil. Cons: any microgreens seed that didn’t sprout first time round, is sprouting now 😂 . . #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #bcgardener #organicgardens #urbangardeners #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #backyardhomestead #vegetablegarden #vegetablegardening #vegetablegardens #compost #composting #newgardener #gardening101 #gardeningknowhow #kalettes #brusselssprouts #lettuce
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
May 08, 2019 at 09:01AM
Japanese quince looking lovely all mixed up in some big old rhodos. Unfortunately it only looks lovely when flowering, the actual shrub has been so hacked about over the decades, and it has such an angular growth habit anyway, that it’s pretty ugly the rest of the year. Also, spiky! . . #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #bcgardener #organicgardens #urbangardeners #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #urbanhomestead #homesteadgardens #flowergarden #flowergardens #flowergardening #gardeningproblems #gardeningknowhow #japanesequince #chaenomelesjaponica #chaenomeles
Sunday, May 5, 2019
May 05, 2019 at 09:04AM
Salal and mint planted in the light shade of an existing ornamental cherry in the courtyard garden we’ve been working on this week. The trainees really enjoyed getting to the planting stage after all the prep! . . #Greenthumb #instagarden #gardenersofinstagram #frommygarden #organicgarden #urbangardening #gardenideas #instagardening #organicgardener #urbangardens #bcgardener #organicgardens #urbangardeners #urbanorganicgardening #gardenhomestead #flowergarden #flowergardens #flowergardening #herbgarden #herbgardening #herbgardens #newgarden #gardeningknowhow #salal #mint #mintplant #tradestraining #landscaping
Friday, May 3, 2019
Video Friday: Ask Ian: Container Gardening
Ian Cooke is a world-renowned horticulturist and has observed plants across 50 countries and received numerous awards from the Royal Horticultural Society in England.
“Container Planting” is the first of many from the “Ask Ian” video series on YourGardenShow.com
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Thursday, May 2, 2019
May 02, 2019 at 06:53PM
Working in a neglected courtyard garden this week teaching a landscaping course. This pergola was black with dirt and mildew but turned out to be made of concrete, so we power washed it and it brightened right up. . . #pergola #concrete #gazebo #powerwashing #rejuvenation #gardenrenovation
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