Gardens in 2017

Well, unlike Dragonwriter, my zucchinis are doing best. I've planted them in large pots (2 plants/ pots) inside the greenhouse and I should harvest my first one today or tomorrow.

Tomato and pepper plants are growing but still quite tiny, so are both my slicing and pickling cukes. They were all started from seeds so I'm gauging how long it takes. Of course, this is a poor experiment since I didn't write down the date I started them...

Beds are planted with carrots, parsnips, turnips, radishes, charts, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, etc. Some of it seem to be coming along.

Pumpkin plants are doing well.

Corn (about 30 plants) are breaking out of the ground now. The dozen I have planted in the garden that is. The other 18 or so in the old chicken run are not coming out yet.

First batch of peas and pole beans have sprouted nicely. I'll start a second batch either this weekend or next week.

I'm late with all of my planting, life and work got in the way.

The birds are enjoying the strawberries and the haskaps, so I'll have to go get more netting. They're not scared one bit of my scarecrow or my pie tins or foil ribbons... Any suggestion on what next? A plastic owl? More Dollarama netting?

The apple trees are full of fruits, baring diseases, it should be a great crop.

(Almost) Everything is going great in my garden. I harvested and pickled my first crop of beets the other day and planted the remaining seed. My radishes will be ready soon, as will the carrots (Although the carrots are home to many swallow tail butterfly eggs and caterpillars, so I'll be leaving some in the ground even when they're ready). My first tomatoes are turning red now, and my potato plants are bulging at the roots.

I have a patch of bush beans that are getting ready to bear, and I also have a few bean plants that were store-bought that just starting to bear pods (I find it impressive that the bean seeds were planted at the same time the larger plants were transplanted, yet they're less than a week apart now!).

We've already had some salads and chard, and replanted some greens since I had the seed. My seed grown cukes and squashes are growing great and getting ready to flower I think. We have 2 bought-in zucchini plants my mother bought that have absolutely exploded with fruit in the last few days, possible thanks to a mix of rain, sun, and warm, humid weather. I think I want to experiment with picking the zukes since I've already got too much and its only just begun. Some will likely end up at the food bank, too. I planted extra tomatoes with the sole intent of donating the fruits, so anything extra won't go to waste! I have a goal of growing and donating 25 lbs of food this summer.

We've got some broccoli that doesn't seem to be growing, but I think it was too late and too hot for it. I have never had much luck with broccoli, so maybe that will be my project for next year to actually get some good ones! My herbs have gone absolutely wild! My onions are doing pretty well also, and I have some carry overs from last year that are almost ready to have their seed harvested. My surviving corn is doing well, it had a rough start though because the seed either didn't germinate or the birds picked it out (I think option #2, because the second try planted deeper went well). I only had enough seed leftover to do half of my 10x10 patch, so I did the rest sunflowers, and well as putting two or three sunflowers on the top of my squash and cuke hills.

Well, so far my backyard vertical garden experiment seems to be going well. For herbs, I have columnar & purple basil, lavender, rosemary, and cilantro (which has now bolted). I planted lettuce earlier in the season but it drowned. There are strawberries but no fruit yet (first year so not sure if I should expect them). I planted eggplant, tomatoes, peas and various peppers. So far, I have only harvested herbs - no actual veggies yet, but some flowers, which I think is a good sign. The tomatoes are still green but getting bigger every day. My previous attempt at a veggie garden against the exterior wall failed due to lack of sun. These are getting more sun since they are in containers and I can set them away from the house. At least this year I haven't had to do much watering 😉

Well, so far my backyard vertical garden experiment seems to be going well. For herbs, I have columnar & purple basil, lavender, rosemary, and cilantro (which has now bolted).

Mine bolted some time ago, although I was happy to let it since I prefer the coriander seed to fresh cilantro.

What are the recommendations from the those who have small to medium sized greenhouses made with polyethylene.

What gauge plastic do you recommend and typically the best place to purchase/ Home Depot, Costco...

I have a twenty five foot garage wall that I could build on a three sided greenhouse that would get sun from sunrise to sunset

I defer to anyone who has better expertise. But my two cents: Minimum 6mil poly. You don't need the "super 6" any 6 mil is good. Most hardware stores carry it for around the same price.

But check Construction Rental Stores or sometimes concrete/masonry specialty stores will carry Poly for much less. I'm not familiar with the Ottawa area, but if you good concrete construction supplies or masonry materials, supply stores should pop up.

I defer to anyone who has better expertise. But my two cents: Minimum 6mil poly. You don't need the "super 6" any 6 mil is good. Most hardware stores carry it for around the same price.

But check Construction Rental Stores or sometimes concrete/masonry specialty stores will carry Poly for much less. I'm not familiar with the Ottawa area, but if you good concrete construction supplies or masonry materials, supply stores should pop up.

Thank you Sir. Looking at buying a decent amount, pretty cheap in big scheme of things. Have a small wood stove they would help. And south side or garage gets a ton of radiant heat bouncing off the wall.
Cheers