Cukes, Woodle and Greens

Yes, I know it's been days and days since I posted on blog.  You see, my other favourite occupation is family history research and well...have found new cousins!!! So with emails flying back and forth and photos exchanged and catching up for years lost...it's been a marvelous week or more. However...seedlings don't stop growing while I am exploring the past.. and making time to nurture them is a must.  'Tasty Jade' cucumbers have germinated nicely so I hope they will prosper on the back bean wall. Trellising cukes will be new to us but gardening is partly about experimenting isn't it.

This year, I'm excited about  'Woodle Orange' tomato from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. I've read so many good things about this heirloom variety... early cropping, great taste, round perfect globe fruit, brilliant tangerine color. Already, they are in their their Big Girl pots, and others, OSU Blue, Wentzell and Mortgage Lifter are lined up waiting. 
    

We are growing new families of tomatoes, from seeds saved year after year for decades by The Wentzells, original homesteaders here in Nova Scotia and  Radiator Charlie  who developed the Mortgage Lifter. Listen while he tells you how he developed it and the story behind it.

A plus in the garden, are the hardy salad greens we are harvesting. You will need a fleece or cold frame/row cover to protect them at night but goodness...they've made big strides. One of our last sunny days, showed the growth this variety 'cool weather' mix has already produced.

Although some folks like to just grow flowers and others are purely food focused..we grow both and couldn't imagine it otherwise. Flowers attract all kinds of  beneficial insects and birds that help the vegetables prosper. Bulbs are making a show...amazing the structure and power of this Hyacinth pushing through the soil.

 

Hope You're having a Great Gardening Day