Harvest

Harvest began on July 23, 2013 with lettuce and swiss chard in abundance. The Buttercrunch lettuce had some fabulous heads. Since then, we have dropped off two more loads of lettuce and swiss chard as well as baby carrots. In total, we have harvested over 50 lbs of produce with a value of over $100.

We have also installed our new solar panel for our electric fence purchased through a grant from the Public Service Alliance of Canada Agriculture Union Social Justice Fund.

We have a marmot who has been caught munching greenery in our garden. The fence won't stop him but he's an unusual visitor so we'll leave him be for now.

Tomatillos

Swiss chard & Grand Rapids lettuce

Volunteer Karma

Tomatoes and electric fence!

This week we planted out tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, tomatillos, marigolds and Evans' Cherry trees. We also put up the electric fence. Remember to turn it off or step well over before you work in the garden! We also had some new volunteers out to help - thank you!

Electric fence

Deer have decided to visit our garden. To dissuade them from entering, we have put up an electric fence around the periphery of the garden.

Instructions for turning off power supply to electric fence

1. Use pliers to turn the power switch to “off” postion.

2. You should see the voltage gauge drop to zero.

3. If the power has been disengaged, you should hear no clicking sound.

4. Please remember to turn power switch to “on” when leaving the garden.