Growth on the RV pad

All of our work finally started to pay off in late July when we were able to see some growth and harvest some greens. Here is our attempt at protecting our food from hail damage.

Growth of the herb spiral--lots of harvesting and drying has been done to these herbs.
Strawberries, red currants, and rhubarb--which made an amazing jam when honey was added :)
Crookneck squash--not nearly as productive as the zucchini, but a fun addition to the garden anyhow.

Zucchini plants, 2 blueberries, and a relocated gooseberry near the concrete.

One of 6 zucchini plants

Tree spinach 2 months after planting, it grew to over 5 feet tall by the end of the season!

Siberian Honeyberry bush that we bought in Claresholm, AB early July. It will grow to about 1 meter tall and wide.

The volunteer sunflowers grew much hardier than those I planted, but the bees did not seem to mind one way or another.

Harvest Time coming up next!

Kijiji Queen Wood Mulch

I do not take my nickname of "Kijiji Queen" lightly. I take a lot of pride on being able to get items inexpensively or free if they are reasonable driving distance from our house. Additionally, I LOVE to get rid of things on the site as well (remember all of the wood from our deck removals??). To add carbon matter and ground cover to our future food forest and beef up our outdoor compost bins, I began the search for wood mulch. Within a week or so, I found an arborist that would deliver 4-6 yards of mulch only for the cost of delivery (about $65).

Other than about 1.5 yards that friends took to use, we made use of all of the mulch. Here is a close-up of the mulch. It was steaming and already full of fungal growth--perfect for our pending food forest!

The future food forest looks a lot more polished and ready for some cherry trees.

Next up: Growth on our urban farm