Friday, May 29, 2015

Richters Order Arrived & an update



Checking out my Richters order and a look around the gardens and hoop house.

Royalty Free Music
Fur Elise (Bagatelle in a Minor)
Audiomagic Royalty Free Stock Music Library 2:
Classical/Piano / Audiomagic Music Studios
Bought on iTunes

Plant List

1. Espelette Peppers
2. F3 Hybrid Petunia
3. Hokkaido Pumpkin
4. Meuch Beans
5. Achocha
6. Armenian Cucumber
7. Ethiopian Lentils
8. White Russian Kale
9. Sugar Ann Snap Pea
10. Crown Pea
11. Cutting Leaf Celery
12. Elderberry Bob Gordon (Plant)
13. Ancho Poblano Chile (Plant Plugs)
14. Creeping Savory (Plant)
15. Stevia (Plant)
16. Alpine Strawberry (Plants)
17. French Tarragon (Plant)
18. French Thyme (Plant)
19. Golden Lemon Thyme (Plant)
20. American Flag Leek (Plant Plugs)
21. New England Aster
22. Green Globe Basil
23. Columbine
24. Cucamelon
25. Yellow Pattypan Squash
26. Raspberry Collection (Plants)
27. Zamboni Rapini
28. Sunberry
29. Calypso Cucumber
30. First Crop Beets
31. Delta Squash
32. Defiant Tomato
33. Roma VF Tomato
34. Purple Prince Turnip
35. Kaleidoscope Swiss Chard
36. Purple Passion Asparagus (Plants)
37. Jersey Giant Asparagus (Plants)
38. Norland Potatoes
39. Pacific Russet Potatoes
40. Yukon Gold Potatoes
41. Shepody Potatoes
42. Kumquat
43. Canada Lily
44. Canada Yellow Onions (Sets)
45. Monticello Hybrid Tomato
46. Salavova Mix Lettuce
47. Pansy Swiss Giants
48. Pansy Matrix Sunfire
49. Pansy Matrix Coastal Sunrise
50. Mini Peppers Yellow and Red
51. Tomato Gardeners Delight
52. Tomato Britain's Breakfast
53. Cabbage Brigadier F1
54. Tomato Mennonite
55. Dianthus deltoides
56. Bellis
57. Linzer Delekatass Potato
58. Novella Potato
59. Roko Potato
60. Gold Rush Potato
61. Caribe Potato
62. Amarosa Potato
63. Nicola Potato
64. Cara Potato

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Solar Power Installed at the Cabin



Solar Power working at the cabin and I camped out overnight.

Royalty Free Music
Fur Elise (Bagatelle in a Minor)
Audiomagic Royalty Free Stock Music Library 2:
Classical/Piano / Audiomagic Music Studios
Bought on iTunes

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Bobwhite Quail in the new coop



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Fur Elise (Bagatelle in a Minor)
Audiomagic Royalty Free Stock Music Library 2:
Classical/Piano / Audiomagic Music Studios
Bought on iTunes

The Quail have moved into their new home.

Friday, May 8, 2015

Twelve Varieties of Potatoes and an update


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Fur Elise (Bagatelle in a Minor)
Audiomagic Royalty Free Stock Music Library 2:
Classical/Piano / Audiomagic Music Studios
Bought on iTunes

Chitting potatoes and a look at the garden and hoop house.

Norland : Smooth red skin, shallow eyes white flesh. No internal defects, few irregular tubers. Some resistance to scab and rhizoctonia (black scurf)(Early)

Pacific Russet : Newly released, russet skin white flesh, very shallow eyes. Good yield uniform size. Great boiled or baked. Rated very high in Ontario industry trials for yield and uniformity. (Early)

Yukon Gold: Oval, slightly flattened tubers, yellow, skin light yellow flesh. Tubers can grow quite large and store well. Good for boiling baking and frying. Plants look similar to a tomato plant. (Mid Season)

Shepody : Long tubers, white skin, white moist flesh medium deep eyes. Excellent tasting potato. Excellent for boiling, baking or french fries. Some resistance to rhizoctonia (black scurf) (Mid Season)

Linzer Delekatass: The Linzer is an early-maturing and another waxy potato most popular for boiling or making salads. Potatoes are small & oval with yellow skin. Linzer Delikatess is one of our top selling potatoes to home and market gardeners .(Fingerling)

Novella : Novella is a new variety with a yellow skin and pale yellow flesh. Potatoes are good and of uniform size. Novella is suitable for cultivation on different soil types but can be susceptible to common scab. (Mid Season)

Roko: Oval potatoes with bright red skin and white flesh. Roko has a unique quality of producing high yields with uniform potatoes. Also excellent for over winter storage. (Mid Season)

Gold Rush: Gold Rush is a great alternative to Russet Burbank which has been a staple in many gardens for years. Gold Rush is an early maturing russet variety, great for boiling and baking. (Mid Season)

Caribe: Caribe is a high yielding oblong potatoes with excellent storage qualities. It is one of my favorite baked potatoes as it has a nice moist flesh when cooked. (Early)

Amarosa: AmaRosa is a mid-season fingerling potato with a smooth bright red skin, and deep red flesh. These creamy nutritious fingerlings are great for baking, roasting, and grilling. AmaRosa also make fantastically colorful potato chips as they retain their bright red color when fried.(Fingerling)

Nicola: Long to oval shape with a rich yellow skin and yellow waxy flesh. Excellent as a salad or boiling potato, wonderful for mash. Also excellent for baked potato dishes and roasting. Originally from West Germany, now widely grown around the world. (Mid Season)

Cara: A wonderful dry floury potatoes that I am growing from my own saved seed from last years crop. I find they best way to cook these is to steam them whole. (Mid Season)

Link to Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes: https://www.seedpotatoes.ca

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Yellow Spotted Salamanders



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Fur Elise (Bagatelle in a Minor)
Audiomagic Royalty Free Stock Music Library 2:
Classical/Piano / Audiomagic Music Studios
Bought on iTunes

Lots of these guys around this morning.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Britain celebrates arrival of new princess

Bobwhite Quail Hatching Cam



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Fur Elise (Bagatelle in a Minor)
Audiomagic Royalty Free Stock Music Library 2:
Classical/Piano / Audiomagic Music Studios
Bought on iTunes

A few clips of the Bobwhite Quail hatching and in the brooder.