After the killing frost of January we decided to replant some of our garden. We were discouraged but thought we would give it a try. With the cooler than average temperatures the root crops flourished and our little garden is giving us a great harvest. The carrots are the best but the garlic, lettuce, and beans are fine and we should manage to eat all of it before the May deadline. You are not permitted to take vegetables over the border and as a matter of fact many states have the same rule.
Talking to the nursery people at the market , they say that everything is 4 to 6 weeks later than usual. The citrus crop will be off schedule and the other seasonal crops will meet the same fate. The frosty weather was a boon for the producers of replacement products like ornamental palms and bushes. For every negative there is a positive in the agriculture industry.
We have to replace at least a dozen palms and we will be able to do a better job of choosing proper trees because of our experience. The added rain this year has filled the ponds and lakes and even the drainage ditches are filled to capacity. Water birds are having a bumper crop of babies and the wood storks are building their numbers after three years of dismal production. Nature left to itself would do a good job of balancing the numbers but like it or not man has to have a place to live too and that causes the clash with the natural order.
I am looking forward to my garden in Ontario in another month and can visualize the pleasure of working with nature to our organic vegetables.
Talking to the nursery people at the market , they say that everything is 4 to 6 weeks later than usual. The citrus crop will be off schedule and the other seasonal crops will meet the same fate. The frosty weather was a boon for the producers of replacement products like ornamental palms and bushes. For every negative there is a positive in the agriculture industry.
We have to replace at least a dozen palms and we will be able to do a better job of choosing proper trees because of our experience. The added rain this year has filled the ponds and lakes and even the drainage ditches are filled to capacity. Water birds are having a bumper crop of babies and the wood storks are building their numbers after three years of dismal production. Nature left to itself would do a good job of balancing the numbers but like it or not man has to have a place to live too and that causes the clash with the natural order.
I am looking forward to my garden in Ontario in another month and can visualize the pleasure of working with nature to our organic vegetables.
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