The Backyard Urban Homestead

17/05/2024

Lettuce, Herbs, spinach, arugula, romain, potatoes, beets, radishes, peas, garlic, and onions planted.

Rest of the gardens are getting prepared for planting.

14/05/2024

Quick garden update

30/04/2024

This years projects:
- Three sisters planting
- Bucket Planting
- growing more beans & legumes to dry and use in the winter

30/04/2024

Seedlings are starting and our Rhubarb is coming in well

15/04/2024

We got the greenhouses up and loaded with some trays to get our plants started. So far we have Tomatoes (hulk & san mazano), Peppers (Tabasco, Cayenne, jalapeno, habanero, serrano, thai, Bulgarian, Red Sweet) , Cauliflower, Broccoli, Brussel Sprots, an area of herbs, lettuces, and a variety of flowers.

Few picks of the gardens ... hostas are coming up, garlic and onions that we missed picking last fall are coming up, and the rhubarb is coming in strong.

10/04/2024

Week 2 of Garden and Yard clean up!

02/04/2024

Started to get the gardens ready for the upcoming season!

Stay tuned ... we have some exciting news and some exciting projects we are working on.

02/04/2024

Started to get the gardens ready for the upcoming season!

Stay tuned ... we have some exciting news and some exciting projects we are working on.

Getting the Gardens Ready Breadcrumb Navigation admin Published: April 2, 2024 Categories: Garden Hello All and Happy Spring Season! This past weekend we started cleaning up our gardens … both flower and vegetable. Now all we need is a little more warm weather and we can prepare the beds as in a f...

28/02/2022

Weekly Update

We now have 3 types of peppers going ... Cayenne, Hungarian Hot Peppers, and our Bell Peppers have sprouted!

Black beans are growing like weeds!

Hostas doing well and are growing larger now that they are in bigger pots.

Arugula is growing strong ... I need to transplant it this week.

The lettuce tower is growing strong.

22/02/2022

Everything is growing strong.

Cayenne peppers are coming back strong after being transplanted to bigger pots.

Black beans showing no signs of stopping.

Romain Lettuce transplanted to the new garden tower ... little bit of plant shock but coming back nicely.

Red and Green sweet peppers planted ... waiting for them to sprout.

Celery planted ... again waiting to sprout.

Arugula going strong ... building second garden tower to transplant it.

End of this week ... Strawberries come out of the fridge and into the green house!

Put the door on the Maple Syrup Evaporator ... next up for it are the guide rails to keep pans steady. Few more weeks and the sap should be running!

14/02/2022

Busy weekend at the Backyard Urban Homestead.

We did lots of transplanting (Cayenne Peppers & Hostas) ... and there is more to do this week.

Red & Green peppers were planted as were Hungarian Hot Peppers. The Black Beans we planted earlier this week are growing strong.

More transplanting planned for this week.

We got the exhaust on the maple syrup evaporator and the transformer and pump for the new reverse osmosis system. A few more small projects and we will be ready for the maple syrup season.

07/02/2022

This weeks update
Our first Jalapeno has popped its head up!
The Cayenne, Romain, and Arugula are growing strong!
Cilantro is coming along as well.
Hostas are growing and I'm hoping in a month or so to transplant them to bigger pots. I'm really enjoy watching their progress ... usually I just split my hostas and replant in that fashion. First time I have collected and started from their seeds.
Soon to be planted are the red and green peppers.

And of course ... hopefully the sap will start running in 3 or so weeks!!! We are working on our new syrup evaporator and reverse osmosis system ... check the projects out either The Backyard Urban Homestead or https://thebackyardurbanhomestead.com/.../maple-syrup.../

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Happy Gardening!

02/02/2022

Cleaning up the pantry ... lots for sale

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02/02/2022

Get the new Maple Syrup Evaporator setup and planted strawberry seeds and put them away for a little nap.

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31/01/2022

We've added celery to our early list of plantings in our indoor green house.

Very excited as well as our extra heating mats and growing lights have arrived.

Garden planning is done and we are ready for the snow to be gone!

Starting to work on building the small garden towers (pictures to come) but you can check them out here -> https://thebackyardurbanhomestead.com/index.php/our-products/?model_number=20003
If you would like one (or more) please let us know.

Hostas are going strong.

The cayenne peppers are doing very well ... we have replanted the empty cells that did not sprout.
Spinach, arugula, and Romain are coming along.

Cilantro has sprouted.

The jalapeno and poblano have no sprouts yet ... hoping in the next week or so to see some pop up.

Getting strawberries ready for a quick stay into the fridge before going into the green house.

24/01/2022

The hostas are going well … I have reseeded the empty cells so hopefully we get some more starting up in the next few weeks. If you would like some please reach out to us to pre-order

Lettuce, Arugala , and spinach are coming along. I have reseeded the empty cells in the hopes of getting more seedlings to come along. These are going to be used for our self fertilizing and small garden towers.

Hot peppers … We’ve seen some seedlings start for the cayenne peppers but nothing yet for the poblano or jalapeño peppers.

Check out our website for seeds, plants, gardens (both tower and raised), farm share, and updates on our projects!
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18/01/2022

We’ve Planted our hot peppers to get them an early start to the growing season.

Planted so far are jalapenos, poblano, and cayenne. I know … I know … those are not overly hot but not everyone in our family enjoys spicey. I’m looking to get a couple of spicier types to make some homemade hot sauce.

Cilantro was also started … we use a lot of it in our cooking and preserving

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15/01/2022

Arugula, Romain, and Spinach are start up nicely.

Hoping to get some late spring feedings before moving them into our out door garden towers.

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28/12/2021

We are considering starting a CSA for The Backyard Urban Homestead and want to see the what the Interest may be.

CSA is a direct connection to your food and farmer while building community and local food.

The basis of our CSA is a 16-week Vegetable Box packed with bright, flavourful vegetables that we pick at peak readiness.

The cost will be $500 for the season ($31.25/week) and for every 10 shares we will donate a CSA to the Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen Community Centre.

Also our CSA members will have the opportunity to enjoy discounts on other Backyard Urban Homestead products/offerings.

Individuals who sign up now will be the first to get shares if we move ahead.

https://thebackyardurbanhomestead.com/index.php/community-supported-agriculture-csa/

27/12/2021

Hosta’s going strong

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15/12/2021

Started a new project ... growing Hosta's from seeds!

We collected seeds from our Hosta's this fall and have panted them to see what happens.

So far we have a number of starts going!

If you would be interested in one of the plants when they are ready drop us a note.

If you would like to purchase some Hosta seeds you can go here:
https://thebackyardurbanhomestead.com/index.php/our-products/?model_number=8763795

19/11/2021

19/11/2021