That’s right, islands in the grass. They’re not just sitting there. They are creating nitrogen and releasing minerals from the rock into a form that plants can use. In fact, instead of […]
The Canadian Government has recently released an economic action plan. It’s a bit exhaustive and exhausting, but worth a walk-by. Click here to have a look. Bring some friends along. Coyotes, maybe. […]
First, plant some flowers. Watch them grow. Nice, eh! Bees will burrow into the soil and lay their eggs. Nicer yet! Voles will come and root around, as voles will do. By […]
Got your Welsh onions yet? The know no seasons. They push living out of the dead Earth. Which is, accordingly, not dead. Very Celtic, that!
Two months ago, we picked these beauties. They were all very green then. I deviated from Ricardo’s instructions and flavoured it with a red onion, a red clove of garlic, Winter Savoury, […]
It’s coming along, eh. This corn salad seeded itself in July and came up in August. It ought to be ready in a couple weeks, just in time for a feast. But, […]
Winter? A time of growth, I say. And leaf painting. My garlic is growing roots now undercover, but the welsh onions are having a grand time in the cold. That’s nectarine leaves […]
Not only is a Spigold big… … but it is very late, which means it ripens when it is cool and so is a far better keeper than its sister, the Jonagold. […]
See you outside again in May! Brand new shelves. For scale, the big cubicle is four feet wide and five feet tall. The top pot on the left weighs around 90 pounds. […]
The filberts are here! This is after I washed them. Can you spot the one with the mouse hole in it? The mice got 10%. The rest, rescued from the lilac, the […]
