Country Drive

Here’s something fun to do this summer!! http://www.countrydrive.ca/ There are 4 weekend throughout the summer where you can go and visit farms. It’s certainly worth your while to take the family out and see how some of our food is...

Garlic Scapes – They have arrived!

My husband and I spent a bit of time at the Inglewood community garden tonight. What a fantastic place!! It is truly amazing what a community can accomplish together. We got our first batch of garlic scapes. Very exciting. I found this webpage that has some great...

It’s time to start thinking about the garden!

Here are a few places that our CSA farms recommend we order from: http://www.westcoastseeds.com/ http://www.prseeds.ca/ http://www.heritageharvestseed.com/ http://www.harmonicherbs.com/ I have certainly purchased Harmonic Herb seeds before and had success. Let me know...

Permaculture Inspiration! Sepp Holzer

My mom just completed an introduction weekend on permaculture. Really, it’s just a way of thinking about the land and working with natural systems instead of against them. 😉 Here’s a very inspiring farmer who puts all the GMO/industrial advocates to shame:...

Saving tomato seeds

I will have to try this after the next season! We had beautiful tomatoes on our patio last summer. Saving seeds is something we are still working on…  😉 http://www.weekendgardener.net/plant-propagation/tomatoseeds-080808.htm