Up here in central-western Alberta, summer is often just a suggestion and more accurately called “mud and construction season”, and spring and fall are unofficially known as “late winter” and “early winter.” To add insult to injury, our soil consists of an inch or so…
This is the ultimate comfort food. Everyone who tries it loves it, even my picky eaters. It’s a great way to use up a bag of potatoes that has sat a little too long, and it’s so easy to make. We love this extra when…
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…
Just a general update on how things are going in the Garden of Eatin’ today. The weeds are taking over. I need to get out there and attack with the weed whacker, it’s that bad. It’s not stopping things from growing, so that much is…
I’m afraid the dog ate most of the visuals before I could get pictures, so please just imagine if you will…. To start, go out to your potato patch and dig up enough red potatoes for dinner. We’re roasting them, by the way. If you…
Not much to say…very busy with non gardening stuff! The garden is still doing great, I have about 6 or 7 zucchini , 2 summer squash, a bazillion tomato flowers but still no fruit (what’s up with that?), the corn is waist high, the remaining…
Really. When I saw the thermometer in my van and it said 106F, I died. Thankfully the a/c brought me back. Well, maybe not so much, it’s still 80 degrees inside my house at 11pm and I’m miserable. I’m sure I sound melodramatic, but I…
I’m so excited I can’t stand it :lol I bought plant stakes at the Grocery Outlet yesterday and got plant tape at Lowes today (last roll in the whole store) and went out and took out the tomato cages I had (they were given to…
As requested, the russet potatoes in bloom (these are the organic store bought ones, the red seed potatoes I got aren’t too far behind): While I was outside I wanted to snap a shot of the lettuce, which is amusing me with the growth. These…
There hasn’t really been much to blog about. I’m back to watering, the rain went away again. The weather’s perfect, been about 70 so not too hot. Everything is growing well except the damn basil. I’ll replant. Oh, the watermelons aren’t doing great either. Seem…
May 26: Today: