Produce Garden

Corn and Potatoes in the Produce Garden - early August 2016

The Produce Garden is divided into 30 raised beds with lowered paths to capture rainwater. The garden looks messy as we employ mulch to cover bare soil, inhibit weeds and retain moisture. Neighbours assist us by adding leaves and cut grass to mulch the paths. The garden is surrounded by chicken wire (invented in 1844) to protect the garden from rabbits. A list of what is planted in each bed has been attached to a stake near the Parks Canada sign.

Posts for Produce Garden 

2017 Produce Garden

2016 Produce Garden

2015 Produce Garden

Growing the Produce Garden in 2015
I typically take picture of each pair of beds on Monday morning. Click on the first picture in each link below and then click to the right to see how things grow. If you click in the "circled i" in the top right, you can see the date when each picture was taken. 

The pictures start in April before any of the beds were dug. You will see the leaves that define the paths between the beds move from the paths to the beds (as we dig the paths) then back into the paths (after we are finished). The path beside each bed takes 1.5 hours to dig; so between three to four hours to dig the path beside each pair of beds. . .  and there went May  . . .

Beds 1-2
Beds 3-4  
Beds 5-6
Beds 7-8
Beds 9-10
Beds 11-12 
Beds 13-14 
Beds 15-16 
Beds 17-18 
Beds 19-20
Beds 21-22
Beds 23-24
Beds 25-26
Beds 27-28
Beds 29-30


For now I have left the obsolete Flickr albums with their animation.
 Choose a link below to open a new window, then click on  in top right hand corner

The pictures below are somewhat out of date. I am in the process of replacing this Flickr capability with Google Photos - stay tuned!

Beds 1 - 2: Corn
Beds 3 - 4: Corn
Beds 5 - 6: Corn
Beds 7 - 8: Corn
Beds 9 - 10: Potatoes
Beds 11 - 12: Potatoes
Beds 13 - 14: Potatoes
Beds 15 - 16: Potatoes
Beds 17 - 18:
Beds 19 - 20:
Beds 21 - 22:
Beds 23 - 24: 
Beds 25 - 26:
Beds 27 - 28:
Beds 29 - 30: