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25 Oct 2009Raspberry fields Raspberries Dormant and Silverthorne Allotment gardenAs part of my overall plot cleanup, I removed the original “support” I had for my raspberries, and built a new one using some of the bamboo stakes that had previously been supporting the tomatoes. I then gently wrapped the plants around the pyramid of stakes, tying them on, in order ...Overcast 13°C / 55°F
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25 Oct 2009Last Harvest 'Donation' Onions Harvesting, Silverthorne Allotment garden , Shallots Harvesting, 'Atomic Red' Carrots Har...The last stuff I harvested from the allotment.Overcast 13°C / 55°F
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14 Oct 2009Lessons Learned Silverthorne Allotment garden , Midtown Toronto South-Facing garden , and Midtown Toronto East-Facing gardenWell, it’s coming up on the end of the regular gardening season around here, so I think I’ll go ahead and write my end-of-season posting about my gardens. General Observation: The more space you have, the more important it is to plan ahead For the first few months of the year, when I ...Overcast 25°C / 77°F
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09 Aug 2009Allotment Harvest Silverthorne Allotment garden , 'Currant' Tomato Harvesting, 'Prudens Purple' Tomato Harvesting, 'Yellow Pe...Storms 25°C / 77°F
I got a pretty good harvest of tomatoes, and a few other things.
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03 Aug 2009First real tomato harvest! 1 Silverthorne Allotment garden , 'Currant' Tomato Harvesting, 'Paul Robeson' Tomato Harvesting, 'Yellow Perf...23°C / 73°F
It’s been a week since I had been out to the allotment, and with all the rain we’ve had lately I figured that it would need to be tended a little. As it turned out, I was right – the tomato plants DEFINITELY needed a trim, as well as a small harvest :D
I also managed to harvest...
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26 Jul 2009Raining on my parade 1 2 'Yellow Perfection' Tomato Harvesting, 'Currant' Tomato Harvesting, and 'Flakkee' Carrots SproutingWell, not literally a parade, but definitely a lot of RAIN. It’s been pouring on-and-off in Toronto for the last few days, but the forecast for Sunday was supposed to be nice. Until Sunday came of course, when the forecast switched to more rain. When I got up, the weather seemed clear, s...Rainy 22°C / 72°F
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19 Jul 2009Allotment-Finally completely tilled!! 3 3 Silverthorne Allotment gardenAfter his last visit, my Dad offered to come down and help me clear/till the last part of my allotment. My fantastic wife had cleared a LOT of the weeds by hand, using the serrated edge of my hori hori, but there were still weeds that needed to be chopped down. On top of that, the soil REALLY n...Overcast 20°C / 68°F
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15 Jul 2009Lots of tomatoes at the allotment 1 Silverthorne Allotment garden , 'Atomic Red' Carrots Sprouting, 'Slenderette' Bush Beans , 'Trionfo Violett...Overcast 27°C / 81°F
I was out at the allotment yesterday, taking care of some watering and general clean-up tasks, when I noticed that I’ve got several good-looking crops of tomatoes coming along! Of particular interest are the Currant tomatoes – I ate one (OMG DELICIOUS), and there are a couple that ar...
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08 Jul 2009Something eating my pepper and tomatillo plants 13 Silverthorne Allotment garden , Tomatillo , and 'California Wonder' Pepper17°C / 63°F
I’m not sure what it is exactly, but something seems to be eating the leaves on my pepper plants, as well as my tomatillos. It’s very odd, since they seem to be ignoring everything else, and I’m not sure what pests these two plants might have in common.
My dad thinks it might b...
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08 Jul 2009Tomato and Pepper Update Silverthorne Allotment garden , 'Red Brandywine' Tomato Flowering, 'Yellow Perfection' Tomato Flowering, 'Y...17°C / 63°F
Went to the allotment to water, but the “scattered showers” that the weather-people called for turned out to be a downpour (at least, while I was out and about – of course it stopped once I left LOL).
Anyway, before the rain hit, I was able to write down which tomatoes and peppe...
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