How To Tell If Your Apples Are… September 4, 2023 | Orchard | No Comments We have a number of apple trees here are our acreage, and several of them are producing apples… Read More
Garden Advice: Grow What’s Easy September 4, 2023 | Gardening | No Comments I really love sweet potatoes. Before we ever moved to the country, I had a lot of favorite… Read More
The Lies We Tell Ourselves August 26, 2023 | Orchard | 2 Comments "I'll only have a few chips" "I'll get school supplies early this year" "I'll thin those apples later… Read More
Pitting Sour Cherries With A Vintage Hand… July 15, 2023 | Orchard, Root Cellar and Food Storage | 4 Comments I love my sour cherry trees, and am happy to eat some of the cherries out of hand,… Read More
21 Hardy Pear Trees for Canadian Zones… March 25, 2023 | Orchard | 1 Comment I was so excited when I first discovered that there are hardy pear trees for zone 3! Pears… Read More
How to Cure Winter Squash for Storage October 6, 2022 | Gardening, Root Cellar and Food Storage | No Comments We grow a lot of squash. Our first couple of years here, we discovered that squash seems to… Read More
Canning with Gem Jars and Glass Lids September 18, 2022 | Canning, Root Cellar and Food Storage | 20 Comments This weekend, I started experimenting with canning with glass lids on my Gem jars. In Canada, especially Western… Read More
Full of Beans September 1, 2022 | Gardening | No Comments It's that time of year again, where we are drowning under the weight of the vegetables we planted… Read More
On Asparagus June 19, 2022 | Gardening | No Comments Asparagus is a big favorite in my family. In the beginning, it was just me who really loved… Read More
Caterpillars Are Baby Butterflies May 23, 2019 | Gardening, Orchard | 1 Comment This spring, I have been working hard to put in a large-ish bee and butterfly garden, to give… Read More