Gardens 2011

November 23, 2011

Will installed a pull starter on the lawn tractor.

Mat is chipping the dead plants in the garden and is using them as mulch. These plants here will soon be chipped.

A pile of already chipped plants.

November 2, 2011

Mats put a snow-blower peice on the lawn tractor in preporation for this winters snow.

	October 26, 2011 Mat pulled out all the artichokes.
	The artichokes harvested.
	the garden.
	some lettuce and whats left of this garden.
	Not much crop left.

	October 5, 2011 Things are starting to die off in this garden.
	Tomato plant dying, some swiss chard, peppers, and the odd lettuce plant.
	If you look closely you will see the two trees here. The front one has lost 90 % of its leaves.
	Dug up sweet potatoes drying.
	These are called New England Asters .
	The newbie cat comes to visit.
	The popcorn starting to die off.
	Tomato plant died and now the tomatoes are rotting.
	More tomatoes. These ones are peach tomatoes
	Rye we planted 2 weeks ago.
	Buckwheat plant popped up in the rye bed.
	Berry bush by the barn...

	September 21, 2011 Manure for the garden. Mat got a load last night and luckily arrived just as they were unloading manure from the barn and so he didnt need to use a pitch fork.
	Mat cleaning out the rotatiller blades after rotatilling part of the garden.

	September 14, 2011 Mats little melons in and around his garden.
	A pumkin next to the barn.

	August 31, 2011 Green beans.
	A Bumble bee alowed me to put the camera lense 1cm it.. seemed pretty friendly , and made a nice photograph.
	Another angle.
	A row of beets.
	A full head of brocoli.
	This Mat was late picking this brocoli which has now gone to seed.
	POPCORN!!!
	This cob without the husk.
	A flower.
	A look at this garden.
	Goldenrod, soon it's familar yellow flowers will turn to its familiar brown stage.
	Mat's rather tall kale plants.
	Leeks.
	Melons everywhere in the garden, gotta watch where you step.
	Red peppers.
	These plant's have reached a hight of over 10 feet.
	Mats Poke plants. The roots on these are very long and thick, quite the task to dig some up!
	The poke berrys.

	July 12, 2011 so far mats harvested peas, radishes , lettuce, brocoli, beeets, potatoes and thats about it .. Were picking black currents today .
	The onions and peas ..
	Mats ripe rasberrys .
	the beans and carrrots.
	Kale, beans onions ...
	Corn and vine plants ( and cabbage ) ..

	June 15, 2011 Mat's sweet potatoes ..
	Lettuce, swiss chard, and radishes ..
	Onions , kale ..
	The onions and peas
	Potatoes
	Beans .
	Squash..
	beets, kale, peas and onions .
	Tomatoes .
	royal oak lettuce .

	June 7, 2011 Asparagus ... turning feathery-like ..
	The big garden ..
	chives and artichokes ...
	a squash plant .
	Onions and peas. Quite the difference from a couple weeks ago !
	ALAS !! potatoes .

Garden flooded from the big thunder storm last night.

Sean and Adam working on the rotatiller .

Greg rotatilling .

	June 2, 2011 Large garden .
	The potatoes .
	Onions and peas . Peas are getting quite tall that they are starting to fall over .
	more onions, more peas, and a lettuce plant .

	May 24, 2011 Garden from the roof.
	Peas, onions and asparagus ... Allot bigger this week .
	the stinging nettle patch ..
	A look at the yard .

	May 17, 2011 Asparagus .
	One of the gardens . Its mostly empty now.
	Another garden . It has allot planted in it .
	Mat's onions and peas .

	May 12, 2011 Cherry blossoms .
	The chickens digging and lying in the garden .
	Some flowers blooming infront of the house .
	A row of onion's .
	These rows are planted with seed's .
	Mats Stinging Nettle patch is coming back again .
	An over-all view of this garden .
	The other garden .

	April 14, 2011 This garden is planted with peas , lettuce and onions ..
	A fence around the Swiss Chard to keep the chickens out..
	Onions ..
	Peas.
	The rotatiller ..
	A row of peas ..
	The shop and garden...