Ground Breaking and Thanks

Ground Breaking and Thanks

First off, I’d like to thank everyone who left comments on my last post. Your remarks were much appreciated, and gave us a lot to think about. If you’re curious about which way we went, after a lot of hemming and hawing we decided to 

Your Opinion Please

We’re down to making the final material choices for our house, and we are having a really hard time deciding on the kind of siding we should use. We were originally set on fiber cement, but are now reconsidering cedar.The benefits of the fiber cement 

Crop Failure

Crop Failure

Our cooler than normal summer did nothing for our tomato crop, which struggled from the get go. The plants grew nice and tall and looked healthy enough, but they set very few fruits, and the ones that did develop just sat there not changing colour. 

A Few More Island Photos

A Few More Island Photos

No time for a real post tonight, but I thought I’d share a few more photos from our trip. These two beauties are members of a herd of Highland Cattle at Ruckle farm (one of the original farms on Salt Spring Island). If I were 

Unusual Market Finds

Unusual Market Finds

A farmer’s market is a great place to find unusual varieties of things that you’d never find in a typical grocery store, and this week I must have been in an adventurous mood, because I came home with several things that I’d never bought before. 

What I Did On My Summer Vacation – 2007

What I Did On My Summer Vacation – 2007

We’re back from our holiday, feeling rested and relaxed, but wishing we’d had more time to soak up the atmosphere of our idyllic destination. We spent the entire week in a cabin on Saltspring Island, our favorite of the islands that lie off the coast 

One Local Summer #9 – Quiche

One Local Summer #9 – Quiche

This week’s local meal was a simple veggie quiche made with a hodgepodge of garden veggies and local cheese.I sauteed some zucchini, red peppers, and a bit of broccoli with a couple of heads of garlic, arranged them over a bed of grated cheese in 

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

You’re looking at the first tomato of the season from our garden (yes, I realize it’s late August and most of you have been eating tomatoes for months, but let me have my fun!). We’ve had a few ripe ones from a plant that came 

A Green Roof

A Green Roof

No, I’m not referring to a house with plants growing on the roof like a Hobbit house (although I would love to have such a thing, I’m a hobbit at heart!).When we chose the company that we did to build our house, it was due