Ash12345 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Posted October 11, 2022 Last month's harvests. Sept 12: Sept 13: Sept 14: Sept 15: Sept 16: Sept 17: Sept 18: Sept 19: Sept 20:
Ash12345 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Posted October 11, 2022 Sept 21: Sept 22: Sept 23: Sept 25: Oct 1: Oct 2: Oct 5: Oct 6: Oct 8: Oct 10: winecap mushrooms: Oct 11:
Triton Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 I have a plot in a local community garden, this year just did tomatoes, cucumber, squash, bell peppers, jalapeños, basil, thyme, rosemary. I also did flowers, half of the plot is dahlias!
Ash12345 Posted October 12, 2022 Author Posted October 12, 2022 8 hours ago, Triton said: I have a plot in a local community garden, this year just did tomatoes, cucumber, squash, bell peppers, jalapeños, basil, thyme, rosemary. I also did flowers, half of the plot is dahlias! It's great to have community gardens, I hope my town will add a couple more since the wait lists are 1-2 years. My basil has been constantly plagued by disease and dying within a couple weeks of transplanting. Peppers are fun, so many varieties, relatively little effort, tasty, can be used in all sorts of different ways, and don't take up much space. If you're considering other varieties, pepperoncini is great for pickling, banana and gypsy peppers are great for early yields of light green peppers (banana is good for pickling too), and jimmy nardello, marconi and shepherd peppers are great as red peppers. Although if you find habaneros too hot, there are heatless habanero varieties (like Roulette, often also known as habanada) that still have that unique floral/fruity habanero taste. Roulette was my favorite variety I grew this year. I'm also hoping to try some more unique varieties next year, like rocoto, binquinho, aji amarillo, bishop's crown, santa lucia, aji charapita, maybe a few others.
Ash12345 Posted October 24, 2022 Author Posted October 24, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 4:23 PM, Kamil24 said: I just have a balcony (also in Ontario) that gets sun in the morning until noon. I always have 2 types of cherry tomato that grows successfully (I plant 4-5 of each type). Last year I also had cucumbers. This year I added some lettuce (which grew ok I guess), but the cucumbers failed to grow (too little light this spring). Just read Jack Kukolic's platform before going to vote and he wants Oakville to have more community gardens because the wait lists are really long (he says 4 years?). The other stuff on his platform looks good too.
Kamil24 Posted October 24, 2022 Posted October 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, Ash12345 said: Just read Jack Kukolic's platform before going to vote and he wants Oakville to have more community gardens because the wait lists are really long (he says 4 years?). The other stuff on his platform looks good too. Oh I voted earlier today. I just saw that he was 19 and thought the voting age should be lowered, so did not vote for him Maybe I should have.
Ash12345 Posted October 31, 2022 Author Posted October 31, 2022 On 10/24/2022 at 6:26 PM, Kamil24 said: Oh I voted earlier today. I just saw that he was 19 and thought the voting age should be lowered, so did not vote for him Maybe I should have. He didn't stand much of a chance ngl but I guess a little encouragement doesn't hurt, maybe in a few years he'll stand a better chance. I didn't have a strong preference between the two frontrunners.
Kamil24 Posted October 31, 2022 Posted October 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Ash12345 said: He didn't stand much of a chance ngl but I guess a little encouragement doesn't hurt, maybe in a few years he'll stand a better chance. I didn't have a strong preference between the two frontrunners. Yeah I thought he has potential but is just super young for now. I wanted the lady to win, I voted for her. It's because I've never even heard of the guy who is the current mayor since I moved here, so I didn't want him to get re-elected. It was so close too
Ash12345 Posted October 31, 2022 Author Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Kamil24 said: Yeah I thought he has potential but is just super young for now. I wanted the lady to win, I voted for her. It's because I've never even heard of the guy who is the current mayor since I moved here, so I didn't want him to get re-elected. It was so close too The mayor's son was one of my classmates. But it's been a bit tiresome that parks keep and trails getting closed, closed for winter, closed for covid, closed for fixing stairs that were slightly cracked but still useable but because they take forever to fix them they're closed for 3 years. The young guy seems to care about these sorts of little details. Like he also mentioned having more garbage bins, which is especially nice for dog walkers. There used to be more in the past but they removed some, it would be nice to not have to carry my dogs **** for 30 min.
Ash12345 Posted November 16, 2022 Author Posted November 16, 2022 Last month or so of harvests: https://imgur.com/gallery/YLVs1Qu Oct 13 Oct 14, Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19, Oct 20 Oct 21, Oct 22 Oct 27, Oct 28 Oct 31, Nov 1 Nov 6, Nov 9 Nov 10 x3 Nov 11, Nov 12 Nov 13
Ash12345 Posted February 10, 2023 Author Posted February 10, 2023 Pulled the Guatemalan Green Ayote squash out of storage. It's been curing/ripening in the basement for the past few months. The skin has been turning from green to orange while the flesh has been turning from orange to green. It tastes a bit like butternut, but not as watery and sweeter, and with a subtle hint of spinach. It has the dense, rich texture of kabocha/buttercup type squashes. The inside of the squash turns a nearly black shade of green after roasting.
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