This is kind of a goofy video but I love the concept of guerrilla composting! As we in Toronto get closer to the last yard waste pick up date of the season (week of Dec. 10 in my neighbourhood), the window of opportunity to grab up bags of leaves put out for pick up is…
Tag: In the Garden
Cured garlic
My garlic harvest is now cured and stored away safely hanging in my basement. I had it on a drying rack in the garage with a fan on it for about 2 weeks or so, and then I trimmed off the dead leaves and the roots, and then brought them inside. I tried my hand…
I had it backwards
Now that it’s out of the ground, I’m pretty sure I had the variety of my garlics mixed up. I think the smaller one is Purple Glazer (above), and the larger one is Music. The larger variety doesn’t seem to have a hint of purple skin. I have half a mind to call Richter’s Herbs,…
Rain!!
Lots and lots of rain. Finally. Hooray! Just listening to the rain fall outside my office. Giant puddles are forming in the construction site next door. My garden is soaking it up at home. Finally. Maybe those deep cracks in my raised beds will finally close up.
Garden Freckles
Freckles lettuce My garden, or what’s been planted in it so far, is chugging right along. I’ve got lettuces, spinach, radishes, carrots, beets and some chard and kale in the ground in the backyard beds, but these are mixed in terms of success. The backyard beds get less sun than the front yard, so this…
It’s that time of year again
I’m still in the thinking/planning stages of my garden for this year, but very soon I’ll start my seedlings. I have a terrible habit of starting them far too early, and then end up with gargantuan plants that I awkwardly jostle around in the house for weeks until it’s safe to move them outdoors. So…
Finally some rain
Over the last week we’ve finally had a decent dose of rain. It’s not enough — we need a lot more — but I won’t complain. Today was a very misty one, and everything is pleasantly coated with little drops of dew. It’s incredibly sticky outside now though, because while we’ve gotten some rain, the…
Positively pickled
I think my house smelled like dill pickles for a week after this. It started with garlic dills and dilly beans. And then I bought more cucumbers for making relish. But I had way, way too many. So they became sliced garlic dills, with some added chili to kick them up a notch. I made…
Ode to my Dad
It’s Father’s Day and since Canada Post workers are locked out, and my card to my Dad is likely still sitting in the post box by my office, I thought I’d do a little shout out to my papa from here. My Dad works as a metal fabricator for a local shop, which comes in…