Bell pepper Harvest

 

Some of the Bell peppers were ready to be harvested, will cook with them in the future. They look pretty good to eat.

Green Bean Progress

Green Beans beginning to grow and pop up, insects all around the plants, however they are still progressing and growing.

Week of Nov. 27th

This week we focused on monitoring the status of our plot. We also had our first harvest! We will continue to monitor the progress of our crops as the semester comes to a close.

Strawberry fruits have formed. 

Our sunflowers are turning brown. Are they maturing towards seeding or is it something else? We will continue to make observations. 

We have a visitor pollinating our peppers. Bees are definitely welcomed guests.

Bell peppers are looking ready for harvest. 

We are starting to see some of our 'Lunchbox' peppers. I wonder what colors they will be.

Davis is harvesting some bell peppers.

Hmm.... something doesn't look right. This carrot was transplanted in and may have suffered permanent root damage. We'll know more once some of our direct seeded carrots appear big enough for harvest.

Thanksgiving break progress

This week we pulled some more weeds from our plot, and over Thanksgiving we applied the rest of the fertiliser and added compost on top. We have seen a lot of progress this week with our tomatoes, bell peppers, sweet peppers, and green beans.

Our tomatoes plants have green tomatoes
growing on them now.

A flower has appeared on our green beans.

Adding fertiliser and compost to our plot.

A flower from our strawberry plants.

Our green beans have produced pods!

We are also seeing progress on our sweet peppers.

Our bell peppers have grown too!

Solving Bolting Issues

Yesterday we pulled up the lettuce on the bottom because of the bolts that were coming up. After pulling it up we planted the celery transplants that we had been growing in the green house (depicted on top). Hopefully the celery will thrive as the weather becomes cooler.

Tomatos tied down

Support was needed for the Tomato plants before fruiting, tied some of the stems down with string to a stake

Carrot progress

A few of our 'Caracas' carrots appear to be almost ready for harvesting!

Garden visitor

A butterfly has landed on one of our sunflowers. It must have been attracted to the bright color. Butterflies can serve as pollinators, and we hope to see more around our plot.

Peppers and this week

We can see peppers starting to grow on some our plants. We hope to harvest them after Thanksgiving break.


This week we are focused on maintenance and are monitoring the growth of our crops. We are waiting patiently for our first harvest.

Bolting

We have recently posted about our lettuce bolting and wanted to share a link to help explain bolting.

https://www.thespruce.com/what-does-lettuce-bolt-do-1402981

Weeding out most of the plot

LJ pulling weeds out of the rows, much needed!

Weeds

There are a lot of weeds in our plot. We hope to pull some out today or later this week.

Green Beans Update

Our green beans are a lot bigger now. Unfortunately, we are still seeing a lot of pests around them.

Peppers

We have spotted flowers on our pepper plants.

Tomato progress

Little Tomatoes are starting to appear on some of the plants, weather is still warm enough.

Sunflower and this week

We are finally seeing yellow blooms in our sunflowers.


This week we are focusing on monitoring our crops and managing the weeds. We have lots of weeds growing in our plot and have been pulling weeds almost weekly. There is not much to do in our garden besides weeding. We are waiting for our crops to grow. We will try to address the needs of our crops (pesticides, staking, etc.) as we go along.

Bolting

Several of the lettuce plants are bolting.

Weeding

Veronica did some weeding in the garden today.

Transplanted Carrot Growth

The carrot transplants are growing at a faster rate than the direct seeded carrots

Lettuce Inspection

LJ is tasting our lettuce to check on the quality. We've spotted flower buds on some of the lettuce plants.

Tomatoes

We have spotted flowers in some of our tomato plants. We hope to see tomatoes soon!

Strawberries

Our strawberries are starting to settle in our plot.

Sunflowers

Our sunflowers have grown considerably since being transplanted.

Tomatoes

Our tomatoes have been holding up fairly well in this week's cooler weather. Let's hope they stay healthy during the cold.

Pesticide

Jay is applying pesticide to the green beans.

Front side of plot weeded out (10/26/17)

Cleaned up and weeded out the front half of our plot today

Cages and stakes for the Tomato plants

Found some small tomato cages and stakes for tomato plant support

Weeds

Weeds are all over our garden. We will be managing them throughout the week.

Carrots

Carrots were reseeded in areas with no emergence.

Lettuce Update

It's been a week since we transplanted the lettuce. They are noticeably bigger. We hope they continue to grow well. 

Tomato Progress

Our grafted tomatoes have really grown since being transplanted. We hope they will be fine with next week's cooler weather. 

Weeding

Veronica is pulling out weeds by the carrots. 

Newely planted lettuce transplants

Lettuce transplants that we planted last week adapting well to the soil, compost, and fertilizer

Carrot progress (10/19/17)

Some of the Rainbow carrots coming along nicely, and they look healthy.

Watering

The fields are being watered by the overhead watering system.