RED ALERT! We have harvested our first batch of strawberries. All sold out for now, but more coming soon. Join our email list by contacting us at hellofromluckyfarm77@gmail.com to avoid disappointment :-)!
Since the strawberries sold out so fast, Linda left me a few "seconds" that I put on a tray and froze in the deep freeze.
Cherries are ripening too.
So are the yellow plums.
One day there will be blueberries too.
We harvested a few asparagus spears in May but we think there will be lots more next year. The fronds sure look nice and they attract a lot of wild bees.
We finally finished our second greenhouse by converting the old "Shelterlogic" tarp shed. We bought the special woven greenhouse plastic from Midland Liquidators in Vancouver. Make sure that you buy an oversize sheet as the first one we bought was too small and the second one was "just right". Linda just loves how the sides roll up for ventilation.
Here is the inside of the first greenhouse with chrysanthemum flowers in the foreground, lots of lettuce, and mustard greens going to seed. There is also basil in the pots on the shelf in the back.
In the new second greenhouse, we have tomatoes on the left, cucumbers in between, and sweet peppers on the right. The white tubes are Tyvek drip irrigation that we mail order from Irrigro in Ontario.
Over in the annual garden, let's have a tour of row by row, as the garden grows. Here is the herb garden with the raspberries in the background. We are gradually transplanting the raspberries into the orchard to make room for more herbs.
Here are some baby brocolli covered up with Remay cloth to protect them from the dreaded cabbage root maggot.
Here is the "cut and come again" lettuce bed that just keeps on giving.
The snow peas and fresh shelling peas are growing fast along the fence line made from used fish net obtained from Ross Michelson. Thanks Ross!
There are potatoes in various stages of growth in the next bed as well as more potatoes and perennial arugula next to the pea fence. Baby potatoes are now ready to harvest!
The are huge broccoli ready to be harvested next to the old pea fence. The orange flowers are a wild bee mix and we left the foxgloves growing because they look so great. There are some nice baby kale growing further down the row.
We were thrilled to see our first power poppy among the orange wild flowers too!
Hundreds and hundreds of onions are busy growing. We're just finishing off last year's storage onions so lots more coming for us to eat year round plus some to sell.
Hundreds and hundreds of garlic plants too. Another great plant to store year round and maybe a handful to sell.
Finally, in the last bed, we have planted more beets in the foreground. The beets are maturing in the middle and in the back we have new lettuce. The lettuce is covered by shade material (originally from a trampoline set safety net) that Jody at recycling spent hours plucking grass from. Thanks Jody! The black hoops were given to us by Bob and Liz down in Mitchell Bay. Bob and Liz also give us their organic grass clippings that we use to mulch the entire garden, which has really helped during this year's heat wave and drought. Thanks Bob and Liz!
Today we built a bigger compost bin, as we anticipate even more food scraps from Malcolm Island Food Company, now that they have a new main street store in downtown Sointula. Congratulations on your grand opening Dani and Brian and thanks for all the food scraps! Remember, we are always on the lookout for food scraps to feed our compost bins and to grow more organic food for you. We will pickup from your home every Saturday anywhere on Malcolm Island, just call us at 250-973-2077 or email hellofromluckyfarm77@gmail.com
That's it for this exciting Summer Solstice and National Indigenous Peoples day. Luckyfarm77.ca says "Live Long and Prosper"!
