onions ⋆ Owl Creek Farm https://owlcreek.ca/tag/onions/ Experience Northern Alberta’s Owl Creek Farm - Follow along with our adventures with our goats, chickens, farming, favourite recipes, and handmade soap! Thu, 02 Jan 2025 04:50:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://owlcreek.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fav.png onions ⋆ Owl Creek Farm https://owlcreek.ca/tag/onions/ 32 32 When you’re not disappointed with a disappointing garden https://owlcreek.ca/when-youre-not-disappointed-with-a-disappointing-garden/ https://owlcreek.ca/when-youre-not-disappointed-with-a-disappointing-garden/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 17:31:36 +0000 https://owlcreek.ca/?p=18911 Happy Canada Day! I’m talking softly here so the garden doesn’t get it’s feelings hurt. It’s trying it’s best but the weather has just been a total jerk (that is,…

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]]> https://owlcreek.ca/greenhouse-expansion/feed/ 4 The one where the seedlings saved the houseplants https://owlcreek.ca/the-one-where-the-seedlings-saved-the-houseplants/ https://owlcreek.ca/the-one-where-the-seedlings-saved-the-houseplants/#respond Sat, 27 Mar 2021 16:13:51 +0000 https://owlcreek.ca/?p=16377 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…

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]]> https://owlcreek.ca/the-one-where-the-seedlings-saved-the-houseplants/feed/ 0 Compost that scrap – or regrow it? https://owlcreek.ca/compost-that-scrap-or-regrow-it/ https://owlcreek.ca/compost-that-scrap-or-regrow-it/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:15:57 +0000 http://www.garden-of-eatin.com/?p=2781 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…

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]]> https://owlcreek.ca/onions/feed/ 0 What a bounty! Woohoo! https://owlcreek.ca/what-a-bounty/ https://owlcreek.ca/what-a-bounty/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:53:51 +0000 http://www.garden-of-eatin.com/?p=338 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…

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