The Vineyard

Wednesday was a great success, Victor has put together a vineyard layout and provided a few pictures, thanks for all the help everyone! We'll raise a glass to this night in four years.

Late Summer Yellows

Another season coming to a quick close!

We had a great community garden tour last weekend. For those of you who couldn't make it, I recommend going next year, we saw a whirlwind of action at various locations. We saw brand new gardens (Oliver, Queen Mary) and gardens where the sun is setting (Boyle Mcauley). We also saw everything in between. The guide for the event Anna V. has put together a photo album; you can have a peak here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annaradix/sets/72157624783640550/

Things are ripening nicely at the farm, our Basil is in serious need of cropping! I tried this recipe the other night:http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetarian-recipes/basic-pesto. Aside from the issue of a sore wrist, mortar and Pesto is the way to go!

The Corn is tasty as well, even if our more experienced gardeners would have us wait a few days! Remember there are plenty of baby carrots to be harvested and the beets are still lingering. Peak under the cucumber leaves for a good look at the crop. Your best bet at a full basket is to come out wednesday when the pros are coaxing harvests off the crops, they'll show you where the goods are, don't be afraid to ask!

The Bench Show put on by the Edmonton Horticultural Society is on this weekend. http://www.edmontonhort.com/bshow_889.htm
Tomorrow night we can select a few choice specimens and show edmonton who UFOG is! You can brush up on your favorite categories here: http://www.edmontonhort.com/bnchshow/EHSBenchShowbookletforwebsite.pdf. Submissions need to be down to the hangar at Fort Edmonton by 7:00am on Saturday, if anyone is interested in helping let us know tomorrow.


Last but not least... now that I've got you coming on Wednesday... Who says wine grapes can't grow in Edmonton? One of our newest editions to the club Victor 'The Oenophile' Wojeki has been studiously working away at procuring our group the best quality vines a northern climate can grow. Through discussion with the Quebec grape growers Victor was able to get 25 each of four varieties of vines shipped our way. The following varieties are at the farm and itching to be planted E.S. 8-2-43, Baltica, Marquette, and Frontenac.

Hope to see you out,

Travis

Community Garden Tour

Howdie,


Our friends at Oliver Peace Garden Park have set up an exciting garden tour for this upcoming Saturday. Please follow the link to see the schedule and information on the Bike based event. There is also a Facebook Event Page for those interested.

The tour is scheduled to be at our garden at 3:45 PM on Saturday. If you are interested in the ride simply show up on Saturday at the old St. John's school site in Oliver around 8:30am!

See you there,

Travis

Bean a long time thyme since I ate so much cilantro

Wow...

Almost mid August. We had a great weekend at UFOG. Marshall showed up early and set to work creating a "Field Borscht" to be remembered. Everybody learned quickly from the 2" Ipod screen and a copy of Gardenerds Garlic Braiding Video.

By the end of Saturday we had 60 braids of softneck. We had a great crowd turn up, and we did some serious harvesting. The beans, carrots, beets, zuchinni and a variety of potatoes are now ripe for the taking.We are going to need to focus on getting the beans off the plants tomorrow.

In other news, we've secured our funding from IMANTA Edmonton's Latvian Society, this will allow us to purchase a few additional tools, and build ourselves a much needed greenhouse!