Vancouver Island Gardening

[yugogypsy]

They call us "The Banana Belt of the Coast, and a lot of things do grow here.

We grow the standard staples and experiment once in a while.

We have TOO many jerusalem artichokes (Who doesn't) and nothing to feed them to at the moment.

We have a long growing season, so we usually manage 2-3 crops of bush beans and dwarf peas.

We freeze everything we grow at the moment as I need to get a canner.

Planning on lots of potatoes and tomatoes this year, just cleared a new patch to plant more potatoes.

I have a greenhouse and that helps, but some experiments fail, last years Chinese Saladini was a roaring success and the runner beans got taken over from a supposedly cleared artichoke bed, and Rick picked them so late they were only good for seed.

We'll be working on the garden for the next few weeks, its that time of year here.

Lois

[ohareward]

Hi yugogypsy, To be able grow 2-3 lots of beans in one season is pretty good. What length (in months) are your seasons. Ours are about 3 months per season, with a slight overlap. Summer- December,January,February; Autumn- March,April,May; Winter- June ,July,August; Spring- September,October,November.

Robin

[yugogypsy]

We have about 200 days here, we'll be starting soon and going on through until Sept when we'll plant kale and sprouting broccoli for an early crop next spring, plus we'll have parsnips and jerusalem artichokes in the ground all winter.

Lois