2020 Gardening photos
This is our garden photos. It is the unified effort of
man and the nature. Sun, moon, earth, air, water, birds, bees, bacteria, fungus, earthworm etc
all played a vital role in
producing the results. Our garden is partially based on
permaculture.
"Permaculture" or permanent agriculture is a way of farming in which we create an eco-system with plants, bees, animals, birds, insects, micro-organisms and other elements of nature. When they come together it creates a highly productive food forest. It is a system that works with nature and not against it. While focusing on agriculture it also establishes the importance of integration between landscape and people. Permaculture don't require large machinery, high energy, more water, more chemical fertilizer and insecticides, to become an efficient food producer.
A permaculture garden is a happy and peaceful place. It is pure and spiritual. It is fruitful, nutritious and non toxic. It is an oxygen factory. Gardening is not wastage of the natural resources, but producing maximum with less effort, less time,and least natural resources.
This is Peony in our garden
We urbanites have taken so much from the nature , done more harm to nature than countryside residents. It is our turn to give back to nature. Our food is without nutrition. Our water is polluted, and air is unclean. In order to save the planet, our survival and the next generation let us start today at least in small way. It is our turn today.
Here in our garden we created a combination of permaculture and natural farming. Fukuoka, a Japanese natural farming enthusiast initiated natural farming. Look at the forest. Is there anyone to take care of millions of big trees and diversified eco system?. They are not just growing but they are thriving. Fukuoka shown that by taking care of the soil, we can reduce or go without the chemical fertilizer, herbicides, insecticides and do farming.
Vegetables we grow
Beans: scarlet runner, Romano, Borlotti, heirloom.
Tomatoes: Cherry, Black, yellow lemon, Beef, Early girl.
Leaves: (Cruciferous: Kale, collard green,) Swiss chard, Radicchioo,Arugula.
Pumpkin: Kabocha, Japanese orange, blue habbard, zucchini, cucumber.
Tuber: carrot, beats, potatoes.
Allium family: Onion, chives and garlic, leeks.
Dhalia
Fruit trees we grow
We got Apples, Figs, plums,Pear, blueberries and grapes with different varieties with different ripening time. Raspberry, Thornless blackberry are also adding to the beauty of the garden.
What do we do with the produce? A normal question most people ask. We store this most valuable organic food for the winter months. We share with friends, neighbors, who don't have the opportunity to grow and relatives around the world. "We never tasted a fruit like what you have given" is a common remark from our friends. That remark keep us rolling the wheel of gardening. Some of the produce we share happily with birds,and bees.etc.
Gardening gives us non toxic, organic, fresh, tasty and nutritious food. Some of the vegetbles and fruits we grow are not available in the market beacuse they require tender care and have less shelf life. What we grow is picked when it is fully riped. Oh what a taste it is!. Gardening gives us physical, mental and spiritual enrichment. It makes us closer to nature . God created the garden first and then Adam and Eve to take care. We are all created to be gardeneners. A gardenener goes to each and every plant sense their needs mainly when they hungry or thirsty and feed them accordingly.When the plants are stressed he realises it and pacifies it. This is what God intended of us ie help the needy. Gardening is a stress free, calm and peaceful life filled with health and happiness.If we can do it you too can .Come on enjoy gardening.We can help you.
Fruit Trees we grow in detail
Apple- Spartan, Liberty, Akane, Honey Crisp, Chahalis,Golden delicious, Whitney crab, Gravenstein, Astra, Ambrosia etc
Plum: Pluot (gold plum), shiro( Japanese), Italian prune, Italian regular,Yellow plum, Green gage, Royal.
Fig: Lattarula, Desert King, Chaicago Hardy, Viloet De bordeaux, Olympian
Grapes: Himrod, vitis vinefera, Niagra, Concord seedless, Grape de chunac.
Blueberry: Reka,Summer breeze, duke, bluecrop.
We got assorted trees with different ripening time and disease resistance.
Pluot- plum +apricot hybrid ( gold plum)
This gold plum is usually not avialabe in the market.
Tomatoes
Apple First year after grafting - around 20 apples but
since it is small tree about 70% is removed early.
Hot chilly- locally acclimatised European chilly " Tomy Hot"
Beans
Another baby apple tree in pot with fruits it can't bear
Italian prune plum
Whitney Crab apple, golden delicious all in container
Vitis Vinefera grapes
Thornless blackberry
Chicago hardy fig
Italian prune plum
Shiro- Japanese plum
Desert king Fig
Shiro plum
Blanched ready to store in freezer for the rest of the year
Ready to blanch
Blue habbard- one of the tastiest pumpkin variety
another apple baby tree 2nd year in 2 gallon bucket
Roma soup beans
A type of rose grapes
Apples from many places lives together in containers
Our old friend apple planted on the ground- Mc intosh
Peony flower
The following are from my friends prize winners.
Single onion weighs 1.8 kg- produced by Garry, Sanich, Victoria.BC
The pumpkin around 15 to 20KG It is pleasure to see them- Fleming
