Here it is, the middle of September when most gardens are winding down. After the late start with the garden on the front slope, we have been harvesting crops all summer, and still keep picking away at the fruits of our labours. The weather has cooperated perfectly.
Not the best photo in the world, but the green speaks for its self. That big bushy thing in the middle at the very top is our kale we planted LAST year. We had a cover over the top section and harvested kale all winter long. Winterbor is the type of kale. Appropriate name since it is still producing since 2013. The bald spot on the bottom tier at the far end, is strawberries we transplanted from the mountains in the Kootaneys. And yes, that is corn in the center tier.
This project started off being nothing more than a way of leveling off the slope so I (ok ok Denise) didn't have to cut the grass up a 31 degree slope.
Still a work in progress, The steps sure help with the maintenance of the garden.
More steps to allow us to get into the top bed. We still have some steps to make to get down to this level from the driveway.
Somehow garden harvest hobs were added to my long long long ToDo list. Made these for my lovely wife. One for the back yard, one for the front. I won't get into the argument we had over the colour I wanted to paint them. They are paintless.
This was the inside of my homemade biofilter on the aquaponics unit in the greenhouse. This has been running nonstop all summer, and shows little accumulation of crap. I surprised myself. Now that we know it works, the next one will be a lot bigger, so I don't have to clean it for a year. If that is possible.
