It's that time of year again when I start to think of all of the things that I am going to do outside. For those of you reading this that aren't from Saskatchewan, it is -34 Celsius with a windchill of -45 Celsius. This makes planning the yard and garden difficult for me because I tend to "dream" about all the possibilities in an attempt, I think, to block out the freezing reality.
Never the less, I have already started many garden plants in the house and have run into a small snare. I don't want to fertilize my home grown plants (that we will be eating) with chemical fertilizers. I am looking for a convenient and easy way to make fertilizer to use on things like lettuce, bell peppers and even zucchini. I would use kelp or fish or even the chicken manure from the barn but they all smell foul (no pun intended) when used in the house. Any suggestions would be welcome.
As for the vegetables themselves. We are successfully growing: homesteader peas, black zucchini, beets, carrots, tomatoes, parsley, garlic, bunching onions and strawberries. We are already eating the very dwarf peas and it looks like the zucchini are about to bloom. We started everything the second week of January.
We have just planted the second planting of Tomatoes, Peas and a new batch of herbs and Jalapenos. The first plantings of Jalapenos didn't make it nor did the Rosemary, Artichoke or eggplant.
As for what we can eat now: the mixed lettuce, peas, beet tops, parsley and within days the zucchini blooms (or we could let them grow and see if they make it to full vegetables.
It is all very exciting. I think that we will start some pansies and violas and see if we can make pretty salads. Maybe the kids would like that.
Maybe the weather gets as bad as this so that people like me get motivated at the right time to get the garden veg that needs to be started now started. I really could use a break from this really really cold weather though.
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