Signs of life.

So things got off to a good start, wet weather meant a slow start, but a start none-the-less.  As seeds turned into seedlings, and seedlings turned into plants, we soon realized that we had a real garden on our hands.

 

The multiplier shallots were the first to thrive and we even thought at one time that our garden would be entirely made of Alliums! 

  

Our first attempt at growing tubers resulted in these potato pits, Tracie comes from a long line of potato farmers on the east coast.  POMME DE TERRE!

We were given a wild strawberry plant and mint as well from Ian's grandmother, according to her the strawberries need to be contained or they will spread over large areas, this is exactly what we hope happens!

Adjacent to the garden is a fruit bearing peach tree, we were pleasantly surprised to see fuzzy signs of life.  

Flowering peach trees are a wonderful sight to see and we neglected doing any de-budding to see what kind of fruit yield the tree would bring. Since determining the age of a fruit tree is very hard, we have no idea how many years it's bore fruit for but we did find many pits when we dug the trenches for the garden months ago.

We're lucky to live in southern Ontario's fruit belt and visiting the annual Winona Peach Festival was a must in Tracie's household.