Like many soups and stews, Beef & Barley Stew is an ultimate comfort food that will fill you up and leave you warm and content for hours. This is one of my husband’s favourites – the rest of us aren’t all that big on barley, so I make a big pot and portion it out into 2 cup containers for…
I didn’t have time yesterday to do anything more than turn on and back off the “greenhouse” lights. Maybe I should call them “greenshelves” instead. ……I don’t think that will become a thing. Anyway, this morning all my babies got checked on and watered. The herbs were lovely to see – 2 days ago, there was only 2 bits of…
The plants were quickly running out of room, I think the tomatoes are plotting world domination. So, today’s supply run to Grande Prairie included a new set of shelves (only $35 from Costco) and the last 2, 3ft lights from Home Depot (I wanted to buy 4). This gives me 5 out of 7 possible shelves with lighting for my…
It’s the best time of the season – the days are getting longer, and we have spurts of spring mingling with snow, but hard winter is done. The water and septic line heat tapes are unplugged – the next electric bill will be considerably lower! Last year, I’d thrown this leftover vapor barrier plastic over an extra set of shelves,…
If you’re tossing all your scraps into your compost pile, read this before you toss any more! Here’s some of my favourite things to regrow, though many more plants can be regrown. Potatoes Romaine Lettuce & Cabbage Celery Celery is very easy to regrow. Take the base/root end and place in a glass of water for a few days, once…
The onions I bought the other day (and had in our very cold garage) have decided it’s time to grow, so I planted a few in the remaining spots in the one flat and will start another flat tomorrow. I’ve only ever started onion from seed and was surprised to find 1-2″ stem growth on some of them. Hopefully they…
Wow. I haven’t even set foot in the garden in 3-4 days because of the heat then rain and I was thrilled by what I found. Our first red roma tomatoes, crooknecks and zucchini, lots of corn and more. Check it all out :thumb And the crookneck squash siamese twin that wants to be a porn star:
I thought it might be a good idea to check out the taters that were getting flooded over and over. The bottom 4 plants, the ones at the end of the line so to speak that keep getting the most water, got pulled up last night and turned into dinner. The 3 russets and 1 of the red plants, completely…