In the last week I’ve managed to seriously catch up on my long neglected garden. One of my major projects was to expand my front flower bed, along the front of the amour stone, to give me a bit more space for perennials (that I’m perpetually over crowding) and to add some more bulbs. In…
Tag: fall
Happy autumn!
I’ve been a bit absent from my blog again lately. I really don’t have any single excuse but rather a critical accumulation of more minor demands on my time that leave me completely exhausted and drained at the end of each day. I’ve been working at recovering from some tendonitis in my ankle so that…
2009 Veggie Garden Review in Pictures
Well… yesterday, the first day of November, I harvested the very last of my veggies, the single head of radicchio that didn’t bolt in the spring, the teeny parsnips and the skinny leeks. We grilled the leeks and the radicchio and dressed them simply with a little balsamic, lemon, olive oil and salt and pepper,…
Bleck
Well, it’s definitely flu season. Cause if it’s going around, I’ll get it. This week I’ve been laid up with some kinda bug that had me in bed for about 20 hrs straight and feverish. I’m still feeling like crap and stuffed up with a nasty sore throat. Boo. We enjoyed a little tour around…
Giving thanks for a gorgeous weekend
Happy Turkey Day! I had the great fortune to spend a really beautiful weekend up in cottage country where the colours were on, full blast. I don’t know if I can remember such a perfect Thanksgiving weekend. It was easily between 20 and 25 degrees C, even up near Coboconk (locally known as “Coby”) and…