What we have done in the last couple weeks

I am entering a container gardening contest for kids, so we have been working hard at planting tons if different items in whatever we can find!  Here are some pictures.

Different items found at Dollarama, garage sales and in our pile of stuff ready to go to the dump.

Under the weather...

Mom stopping by to make sure he gets a post on today... He was a little worried about it, but is not well, so off to bed he went.

A little hint as to what his special project is.....

OUCH!

Today we did some more planting as the weather got nicer... We got our herbs, tomatoes and pepper planted. We still have the zucchini, pumpkins and tomatoes that we started from seed to plant.

We gathered together our pop bottles and returned them to the depot, and got $36.05 that can go towards our garden projects. So we went to Superstore and picked up some materials for a special project I am working on.

Then my brother stepped on a rake and it hit him right between the eyes... He doesn't think it is funny, but I do!

Ants, Ants, and more Ants

Well I went out to check on the garden today... still really wet and squishy, nothing green growing yet... but we did notice a new ant hill starting... so out came the corn meal! I wanted to try something different, as this is right beside my potatoes...

The first ant hill on the other side of the yard, has seemed to calm down... a few ants, but they are slow and sluggish... The Cayenne Pepper did nothing on those ants, but the icing sugar and borax seem to clear most of them out.... I will probably put more down again tomorrow, and hope it kills the rest off....

Tomorrow the rest of the herbs are going in... and possible the tomatoes and peppers if I get that bed all prepped, but we will see... Our tomato seedlings need more time, so I will leave space for them... but the zucchini seedlings are ready, so if isn't to muddy we will plant them also.

Harvest Sale

Information for the Fall Harvest Festival at Heritage Park... We attended this last year, and came home with our car overflowing with produce, and a weeks worth of canning!

We plan on attending again this year, but will be much better prepared....

I recommend that you come with the following:

Cash... set a budget... I spent about $100 last year, and that includes admission to the park

Wishlist... know what you want and can use, you might pick up some extras but you do not want to forget something your really needed... The deal are AMAZING!! But get there early as things do run out.

Trolly.... one for each person on your team, split up the work.. As the haul from the location of the produce to the parking lot, is a long trek.

Muscles.... bring atleast one man with you, as 50lbs bags are very hard to manage alone.

Water bottles... beverages are insanely priced, and you are going to get a work out.

Cellphone... so many people, and it lets you locate the rest of your party easier.

Hats, Sunscreen and have fun!



Calgary Produce Marketing Association's Harvest Sale
August 28th-29th
9:30am-5:00pm

Join the Calgary Produce Marketing Association and Heritage Park Historical Village as we partner together to offer Calgary's best deal on fresh fruits and vegetables in the city of Calgary. This year's Harvest Sale will take place on August 28 & 29 at Heritage Park. Truckloads of fresh fruit and vegetables will be available at turn of the century prices!

Monies raised at this event will go to support local charities. While you're stocking up on healthy food at old-fashioned prices, you're also supporting the local community!

The first 500 guests who pay regular admission and arrive between 9:30am and 10:00am will enjoy a complimentary pancake breakfast, served hot off the grill in Gunn’s Dairy Barn.

Keep your fingers crossed.... better weather should be on its way!

Well we have survived our end of May snow fall.... Not lots, but still worrisome when it comes to plants. I have been told that our seeds should be ok, as we just planted and had not had a chance to germinate yet. So I am hopeful.

The new herds that we planted a few weeks back also appear to be ok, as we have kept them covered, in hopes that the frost would not kill them off.

Tomorrow is meant to be wet and cool, but it looks like we might have some nice weather on Wednesday, and if so, hopefully we can get some of our parking pad cleaned up (the pile of sod has to wait another couple weeks), possibly start a container of potatoes and get the soil worked on the tomato/pepper bed (depending on how wet it still is)

Please tell me this is a bad joke!

Of course our first hurdle.... it is forecast to snow between 10-20 cm over night! This is not fair!

Keep the fingers crossed that nothing is lost, and it melts off quickly