Re: Second Year SFG in Canada

**trolleydriver** 6/1/2016, 9:19 am

sanderson wrote:... I especially like your crop of Forcus blanco. I wouldn't plant them so deep if you want to really deter pests.

Right! Will keep that in mind and will adjust the depth accordingly. Very Happy

**trolleydriver** 6/1/2016, 12:05 pm

First harvest of Radish.

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This morning Mrs TD and I picked little green caterpillars from the undersides of the Strawberry leaves. They were turning the leaves into lace like skeletons. Will have to keep a watch out for these critters.

countrynaturals 6/1/2016, 2:51 pm

Beautiful radishes! Mine never look that pretty. Cool

CapeCoddess 6/1/2016, 3:02 pm

countrynaturals wrote:Beautiful radishes! Mine never look that pretty.

Agree. Mine all have bites taken out of them, albeit from small slug sized mouths.
Rolling Eyes

CC

**Turan** 6/2/2016, 6:13 pm

Your boxes sure are looking nice. My chives are blooming as well. I love your Herb TT. Isn't a Swede turnip the same thing as a rutabaga? I think all your beds are SFG, just some are not ANSFG. It is nice seeing some one whose garden is not months ahead of mine Very Happy

**trolleydriver** 6/2/2016, 7:46 pm

Turan wrote:Your boxes sure are looking nice. My chives are blooming as well. I love your Herb TT. Isn't a Swede turnip the same thing as a rutabaga? I think all your beds are SFG, just some are not ANSFG. It is nice seeing some one whose garden is not months ahead of mine

Turan, you are absolutely correct about the Swede Turnip being Rutabaga. Thanks for pointing that out.

The website (see link below) says they grow bigger than a turnip. That probably means I planted too many in the square. Now I need to plant a square of Turnip.

http://www.turniprecipes.co.uk/the-difference-between-a-swede-and-a-turnip/

**trolleydriver** 6/3/2016, 9:06 pm

Mrs TD is so kind to me. She bought me a watering wand. It works great for gently watering under and around the plants in the SFG. No bending over ... great for the back.

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The ANSFG boxes are starting to fill up.
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There are still a number of squares yet to be used,
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THE NOT ANSFG SFG:
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REGULAR SOIL ... DEFINITELY NOT SFG:

Acorn Squash.
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Hostas in foreground and Sunflowers behind them.
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Potatoes in the foreground and Raspberries behind them.
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Ground Cherry and Tomatillo.
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**sanderson** 6/4/2016, 3:39 am

It seems your plants grow fast in the North. Great looking SFG, complete with grids.

**trolleydriver** 6/4/2016, 12:36 pm

sanderson wrote:It seems your plants grow fast in the North. Great looking SFG, complete with grids.

We have such a short growing season that when things get started it all happens very quickly. Also keep in mind that some of the veggies you see in the photos are from transplants.

Thanks for the compliment and encouragement re the SFG.

CapeCoddess 6/4/2016, 1:29 pm

Looking good, TD. So those are sunflowers in the Solo cups? Did you cut the bottom off? I still don't see any sign of mine but then again I don't really know what they look like. Would you mind taking a close up of one please?
CC

**trolleydriver** 6/4/2016, 1:54 pm

CapeCoddess wrote:Looking good, TD. So those are sunflowers in the Solo cups? Did you cut the bottom off? I still don't see any sign of mine but then again I don't really know what they look like. Would you mind taking a close up of one please?
CC

Yup they are sunflowers started indoors in solo cups. I did cut the bottoms off when I transplanted them outside. Will do on the close-up photo.

**trolleydriver** 6/4/2016, 2:40 pm

Here are a couple of close-up shots for CC of a sunflower that was started indoors in a solo cup. This sunflower is about one foot in height at the moment.
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**trolleydriver** 6/4/2016, 2:43 pm

I built my very first Top Hat. This one will be used for long carrots. Still need to add in the MM.

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**trolleydriver** 6/4/2016, 3:16 pm

And now with the MM in the Top Hat.
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countrynaturals 6/4/2016, 5:07 pm

Love the tophat, Trolley. Second Year SFG in Canada - Page 14 3170584802

**trolleydriver** 6/7/2016, 9:03 am

Another update. We had some rain over the past couple of days which has really helped.

These carrots are poking along.
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Pak Choi almost ready for harvesting. Took a couple of leaves today for a green smoothie.
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Radishes ... I need to pull them.
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Green onions.
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Kohlrabi put on a spurt after the rain.
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Broccoli from an indoor start.
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Cucumber. These also were started indoors.
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Nasturtium sown directly outside.
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Swiss Chard Rainbow Mix.
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Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant and Cabbage in these non-ANSFG SFG beds.
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**Turan** 6/7/2016, 9:50 am

Thanks for the reminder. I forgot to plant the nasturtium seeds! Razz

Your garden looks really nice. It wonderful how plants respond to a nicely timed rain.

**trolleydriver** 6/7/2016, 9:24 pm

When I disturbed the top layer of my compost pile today (the one in the black plastic compost bin) I noticed what appeared to be "steam" rising from it. The surrounding ambient air was cool and damp following a rain. The center core is also quite warm. It's heating up but probably not as much as a Berkeley pile.

**Scorpio Rising** 6/7/2016, 10:51 pm

Sounds like you are on the road again! Nice start, TD! Eat those radishes!

**sanderson** 6/8/2016, 2:39 pm

trolleydriver wrote:When I disturbed the top layer of my compost pile today (the one in the black plastic compost bin) I noticed what appeared to be "steam" rising from it. The surrounding ambient air was cool and damp following a rain. The center core is also quite warm. It's heating up but probably not as much as a Berkeley pile.

Thermometer? Very Happy

**trolleydriver** 6/8/2016, 2:53 pm

sanderson wrote:
trolleydriver wrote:When I disturbed the top layer of my compost pile today (the one in the black plastic compost bin) I noticed what appeared to be "steam" rising from it. The surrounding ambient air was cool and damp following a rain. The center core is also quite warm. It's heating up but probably not as much as a Berkeley pile.
Thermometer?

I'm to cheap to buy a compost thermometer.

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CapeCoddess 6/8/2016, 3:19 pm

trolleydriver wrote:
I'm to cheap to buy a compost thermometer.

Me, too. But I would like a soil thermometer of some sort. Does a compost thermometer go low enough to work in soil? If it does double duty then it may be worth it, TD. What else can they be used for?

CC

**trolleydriver** 6/8/2016, 3:31 pm

CapeCoddess wrote:
trolleydriver wrote:
I'm to cheap to buy a compost thermometer.

Me, too. But I would like a soil thermometer of some sort. Does a compost thermometer go low enough to work in soil? If it does double duty then it may be worth it, TD. What else can they be used for?

CC

Looks like these two could be used for both.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=51145&cat=2,42578,51145

http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=57098&cat=2,33140

This one only for compost.

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.freegarden-temp-compost-thermometer.1000790100.html

CapeCoddess 6/8/2016, 4:45 pm

Those are way expensive, TD. I think a soil thermometer could work for both:
https://store.schoolspecialty.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?minisite=10206&item=37525&gclid=CODZ_c-lmc0CFZQjgQoduiQFyQ

I know it's short but if stuck in a baggie or attached to some twine, it could be buried down into the compost if needed there.

CC

**trolleydriver** 6/8/2016, 5:43 pm

CapeCoddess wrote:Those are way expensive, TD. I think a soil thermometer could work for both:
https://store.schoolspecialty.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?minisite=10206&item=37525&gclid=CODZ_c-lmc0CFZQjgQoduiQFyQ

I know it's short but if stuck in a baggie or attached to some twine, it could be buried down into the compost if needed there.

CC

CC ... Don't forget those prices are what we pay in Canada which most of the time are higher than in the USA. I figure I'll never get my compost right anyway, so why bother measuring the temperature with any level of accuracy.

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