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Can one have too many peaches? While I may claim to be more veggie than fruit the rest of the year, I definitely can survive on fruit alone during the summer months. What with the glut of berries, tomatoes, and stone fruits, who needs veggies? (Okay, (read full article)
This summer is absolutely glorious! The hot, sunny days give way to good and proper rainy days, and the garden is just flourishing!The first pumpkin is beginning to colour.The tomatoes are cropping up everywhere! It looks like I'm going to have anoth (read full article)
Well, it's a mystery no more: the squash that popped out of my compost is a miniature pumpkin. With a little luck not only will I have my fill of squash blossoms to eat, but I will also have my Hallowe'en display and pie filling for free!As you can s (read full article)
Squash blossoms are ephemeral beauties: like the morning glory, they open with the morning light and fade by sundown. By the following day, they are shrivelled up yellow wads, barely recognizable as what was once a pretty flower. Yet they are a prize (read full article)
It feels a little extravagant to pick one's dinner from the garden, just minutes before it is to be consumed.... Yet it is so satisfying to do so!Miss Molly has repeatedly ravaged the pea plot, but I think I found the way to stave off her attacks, so (read full article)
Look at those lettuces! Aren't they beautiful? They're the very same ones I planted a month ago, and they certainly have shot up! The pansies are still growing amongst the lettuces, though they are being a little crowded out...Anyway, I just wanted y (read full article)
(This one is for you, Almost Mrs Average!)The heatwave has finally come and gone from Montreal! It's hard to believe it's still May, when the mercury is hitting 30 (86'F) daily, and there is nary a cloud in the sky. It was so hot and dry, that there (read full article)
Oh! this heat is killing me! I know I shouldn't complain (wouldn't want to jinx summer), but it's May and it feels like July in Montreal! In fact, most of Quebec is under a veil of sweltering heat, and I am sticky and grumpy. Spring has been lovely o (read full article)
windowfarm_wsignageOriginally uploaded by WindowfarmsHow cool is this? Now there really is no excuse for not planting a few green things to nibble on! I heard about this initiative on the CBC's show Spark, of all places.If you, or someone you know, a (read full article)
Today is the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day. Things have changed in forty years: the state of the world has considerably worsened, however, the green movement is now mainstream, no longer relegated to fringe groups and back to the landers. Th (read full article)
I can't believe it's almost halfway through April already!!! Things at work have have been crazy hectic, and I haven't had time to think about feeding myself, let alone a blog post... I have missed you! I don't know about you, but ever since I s (read full article)
In the professional chef's world, there are those who like and appreciate Jamie Oliver, and there are those who think he is a ponce. I like Jamie Oliver. I don't necessarily like his cooking or his cookbooks, but I have a deep respect for what he is (read full article)
The season for fresh chick peas has begun!They are not local for me, nor for any part of Canada. In fact, I don't think there is any commercial production of chick peas in Canada. But if you do spot these at your local market, do give them a try: the (read full article)
Ah, the winter squash! What a beautiful vegetable. Place a couple of colourful squashes in the middle of the dining table, and you've got a lovely centrepiece. They come in all sorts of shapes and colours, and each has a distinctive flavour.Highly nu (read full article)
This is how stir-crazy gardeners suffering from cabin fever get their kicks in the dead of winter at -12'C (10'F), windchill factor -22'C (-8'F): by stirring a steaming pile of compost.Yeah, I'm sure you're fascinated, and are absolutely in awe of my (read full article)
No, it isn't a picture of weird alien worms. It's a close-up of my sprouting jar.I grow sprouts. It's easy and... fun? Well, I'm not sure everyone would call it fun, but it definitely satisfies some of my gardening itches in the dead of winter. And i (read full article)
Sigh... Every year it's the same thing over again... I keep telling myself I have too many plants, too many herbs, and way too many tomatoes, yet I open those darned seed catalogues, browse those plant websites. And there goes my gardening budget sho (read full article)
Happy All Saints Day!!!Oh what a glorious day it was today! After the crappy All Hallows' Eve we had here in Montreal, I would bet anything that all the lost souls hanging about were quite happy to be on their way to the after-life... And we're back (read full article)
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