Tag Archives: Growing food
Reflections on gardening and some winter planning
It’s been a little over a month since we closed down the better part of our warm weather garden, although at the time of writing several kale and chard plants in my small front bed are still going strong and … Continue reading
Filed under Growing food, Living locally, Local food
Apple Marmalade
I’m going to coast on last weekend’s accomplishments as I need to get caught up. After my first successful batch of preserving green tomato and apple chutney, I was really fired up. The mystery taken out of the canning process … Continue reading
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Baking with raspberries and weekend work
The reason for this post is really to boost my Monday morning spirits with some great shots of the delicious raspberry cream cheese coffee cake that I’ve been able to make three times this summer, but it’s also a chance … Continue reading
Filed under Farm life, Growing food, Local food, Raising children
Berry Bliss, Part 2
Earlier this summer I wrote about the bliss of strawberry season and the joys of picking local berries on a beautiful day. Our patch of land was once home to a local berry farm (not terribly successful as an economic … Continue reading
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Ordering seeds by mail order
I’m still getting used to having a rural mailbox and what will and won’t fit inside. Today I was very pleasantly surprised to see a small cube-shaped cardboard box lurking at the back of the mailbox, along with a small … Continue reading
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Seedy Saturday in Ottawa
Tomorrow is Seedy Saturday at Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre at Britannia Bay. What a wonderful event. I’m so pleased to have two boys who think it’s thrilling to go and trawl through all of the organic seed offerings and other … Continue reading
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Garden planning 2011 – part 2
It felt like we were slow to get started, but garden planning now feels well and truly underway. We have: – started a spreadsheet with plants, varieties, inventory, order needs, planting dates, etc. – documented our on-hand inventory (full or … Continue reading
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Garden planning 2011 – part 1
The first part of this winter has been spent – for me, at least – in getting on top of “life” and comfortably settled in our new house. It takes time and I don’t like rushing things. I knew at … Continue reading
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