Today was lovely with a thin cloud cover keeping the sun from baking everything, so after work I hit the garden for an hour before dinner. I couldn’t tell if we had seedlings with all the grass and oats coming up! For lack of another option (other than a rototiller, and I haven’t decided exactly which one I want yet),…

Almost every culture and time period has a “Chicken Noodle Soup” – a pot with chicken (or other fowl) and vegetables, with most including pasta, or even rice (though then it’s a Chicken and Rice Soup, of course). It’s long been thought of as a treatment, or even cure, for the common cold. In reality, it provides nutrition that people…

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…