Yesterday, I planted garlic for harvest next July. I planted garlic cloves in various spots in the garden. Two or three here. Three or four over there. Each autumn the temperature drops enough to remind me it’s time to get things around the yard ready… Read More
There is so much activity in the garden right now. Tomatoes and hot chiles are in and some of the earlier veggies are growing fast. Peonies are just starting to bloom in our yard and so are the poppies. The giant hostas I split off… Read More
I wish our first ripe tomato of the year was one of the beautiful large specimens growing on some of our 5 plants. In fact the great tomato harvest of 2017 has begun modestly. I’m not complaining. After years of being convinced we couldn’t grow… Read More
Back at our old place in the St. Clair and Caledonia neighbourhood, we had a small garden but because it was very sunny, I grew great tomatoes and hot chiles. Here at 27th Street we have many beautiful mature trees but we don’t have enough… Read More
It has been years since I’ve grown a zucchini plant. The last time was back at the house on Blackthorn when I planted two plants that gave me enough zucchini to feed a small country. I thought this year I would scale that back and… Read More
I’ve been enjoying salads all week made with greens picked from my little veggie garden out back. Right now it’s mesclun mix and baby spinach, and today some scallions too. There is something unspeakably delightful about fresh greens from the garden. As we enjoy the… Read More
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