Food 2

Food 2

Here in Newfoundland and Labrador, we tend to grow root crops, but in recent years, some farmers are also growing crops such as corn.  Today I am sharing photos of some of the vegetables that we grow here.

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Garden 3

Garden 3
August 16, 2015

This morning I am sharing the last of the photos taken in my yard last Sunday. You will find several photos of the colourful tea roses. The yellow and light pink are the first blooms so far this year. To be honest, these plants aren't very healthy at all and I am surprised they produced any flowers.

Only 2 cucumbers survived the cold and wet July and the onions in the background aren't very big. I've uploaded a photo of the lettuce, which likes cool weather. We have been eating fresh lettuce for a while now.

I decided to dig out one of my strawberry gardens because it was overgrown with weeds. This was the first garden I planted in the summer of 2008. I purchased 40 bags of cheap soil ($1.00 per bag) at Wal-Mart and planted around 25 strawberry plants in one half and green peas in the other. Gradually I planted new strawberry plants in the whole space.

Last year the berries were very small and the weeds took over even though it was weeded thoroughly, twice! I weeded once this year but by August there were few berries and tons of weeds so I decided to clear it completely. I sifted the soil, added all vegetation to my compost heap, and used the rocks for fill elsewhere in my yard. I plan to mix new soil and compost to the pile that I sifted, then build a couple of small raised beds for my grandchildren to plant next year. I should have room for a third raised bed for me to use.

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Carrot in Tree

Have you ever seen a carrot in a tree? That's what I saw as I dumped the compost the other day. It was really weird; a carrot laid gently (approximately 4 feet from the ground) on twigs of a larch tree. It was an unusual sight so I got my camera and captured it.

It is not unusual to see vegetables around my compost heap, but to see one in a tree is highly unusual! I assume a squirrel was trying to carry the carrot into the tree and gave up on it. Of course, the carrot is almost as big as a squirrel so it would be an ambitious undertaking. Feel free to suggest other ways this may have happened.

Today's images show that - Everything's a Picture and while they are not as "beautiful" as many images I share, they do make you wonder how the carrot ended up in a tree.