Tag Archives: Local 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
Filed under Farm life, Growing food, Local food
Weekend work: cold, wet and productive
Saturday dawned cold and dreary. We had to pull on jackets and scarves before heading out to collect a pile of scrap metal from a junk heap in the far reaches of our property. Once that was delivered, we headed … Continue reading
Filed under Farm life, Growing food, Local food, Raising children, The joy of recycling
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
School is out for the summer. The best first day of summer is often the one without too much planned. The school year, by definition, can feel like “all go”, so my greatest wish for the first day of the … Continue reading
Filed under Farm life, Local food, Raising children
The elves were here last night
Last night I was not feeling great so I turned in at some ridiculously early hour (I think it was 7pm). Little did I know that some productive little elves would show up while I slept. Over breakfast I found … Continue reading
Filed under Farm life, Local food, Raising children, The joy of recycling
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
Filed under Farm life, Growing food, Local food
