This year’s Calendula Flowers blooming in my garden.
I must admit that I’m a girl who loves her bling, which is probably why I am so stoked that the calendula flowers in my veggie garden are finally starting to bloom. They don’t have any particular fragrance and their flavour is nothing to speak of, but their [...]
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edible calendula flowers
girlie hummus
One of the biggest perks to come from having my own veggie garden this summer has been the plentiful supply of edible flowers. Both nasturtium and calendula petals have been decorating many of my creations, providing a cheery, colourful, confetti like effect. Their flavours are mild and their textures delicate. In short….. they make one’s [...]
first from my garden
I’ve been waiting for this moment since mid February…. the experience of eating food grown with my own two hands. Ironically, the seedlings started last winter were not the first to yield sustenance. It was the radishes and salad greens planted outdoors, straight from seed some 5 weeks ago, that grew most rapidly. So [...]
seedling update
Tomatoes growing in the sun room.
It seems like forever since mid February, when the tomato seeds were first planted into their tiny little peat filled trays. Gardener’s Delight, Black Krim, Kootenai and Green Zebra are the 4 varieties that are growing almost right under my eyes. Nurturing duties include daily watering, trimming back the leaves [...]
seedling update
Tomatoes and parsley transplants started from seed only 7 weeks ago.
I know, I know…..I’ve been a lame ass blogger lately. Truth is, I’ve been spending more time toiling in the dirt than cookin’ in the cucina. Since planting the first seedlings back in mid February, a lot has happened. The broccoli and cabbage had [...]
white house kitchen gardens
While perusing Wednesday’s New York Times, I happened upon this informative little gem from Roger Doiron of Kitchen Gardeners International…..a Maine-based nonprofit network of 10,000 gardeners from 100 countries who are inspiring and teaching more people to grow some of their own food. They are also the coordinators of Eat the View- a campaign to [...]
big news in my own back yard
Sylvia Pendl’s garden journal illustration of ‘The Month of June’.
For the past 5 years I have been renting in a house with heaps of yard space and a healthy serving of southern exposure. On the downside, the soil quality is about as fertile as Saturn. It’s dusty, powdery and grey and I’m sure to blame [...]
a day with city farm boy
A Vancouver backyard bursting with bounty…..planted (and tended) by City Farm Boy.
“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens.”- Thomas Jefferson
I find it more than a little surprising (and embarrassing) that, at the ripe old age of 40, I have never grown a vegetable garden of my own. Sure, I love to visit farms [...]
them tomaydas!
What you are looking at is my very first successful attempt at growing food. Two months ago I brought home 3 little tomato plants and plopped them into a container along with some potting soil and a large heaping of hope. Despite the fact that I had (unknowingly) crammed them into far too small a [...]
a garden good enough to eat
“The best fertilizer is the gardener’s shadow.” -Author Unknown
Just as a kitchen is often the heart of a home, a vegetable garden can also bring people together…..family, friends, neighbours and sometimes even strangers. Though my pal, Heather is an urban gal like myself, she is fortunate enough to have direct access to the farm experience [...]
