cultivating a sustainable life
I harvested these lovely Delicata squashes from the garden today in order to make a yummy sounding dish that my good friend Catriona came up with recently. To prepare the squash, I halved and seeded them, and then brushed them with a little olive …
I’m still dealing with tomatoes as they continue to ripen in dribs and drabs in our cool autumn weather. It’s supposed to be sunny and warm for the next week or so, and I’m hoping that the lack of rain will allow the rest of …
Please excuse the poor quality of today’s photos. It was so overcast when I took these, that I barely had enough light to get them without a flash (and I hate using the flash!). Here’s what’s happening around the garden these days. The calendula’s still …
I made a batch of calendula salve recently with some of the flowers from my garden. It’s a wonderful thing to have around the house – helps to heal cuts, sun and windburn, eczema, fungal infections, and many other types of owies. The flowers look …
We’re going to be at a concert tonight, so I’m doing a midday post. Well, I think the fall weather has officially arrived. It started pouring last night and has been raining ever since – my silly coastal kids were so happy that they were …
We haven’t got a lot of space in our tiny little garden, but I couldn’t resist planting a dozen corn plants. I put in a
I harvested my onions recently and am pleasantly surprised by how well they turned out. I experimented with growing them from seed this year, which I’d never done before, and I have to admit that I was pretty skeptical while I was transplanting those piddly …
Late summer usually means an overabundance of summer squash for gardeners – namely, zucchini. I am no exception, especially when they get to be the size of this beauty. So, what to do with your bounty? I’ve got a few suggestions. The first is to …
Have I mentioned lately how much I’d like to get out of the city? Vancouver is extremely safe as cities go, but as I sit here typing, there is a plain clothes police officer sitting in my tomato patch doing surveillance on (I’m assuming) one …
I’m knackered tonight, so I’ll keep this brief. Garden Miscellany:I spotted this lovely duo of nasturtiums and spiderwort in the garden today and thought the combination was striking. Only in a coastal garden would you find this lurking in the shadows! I use seaweed collected …