Christina

If you live on Mayne Island and the thought of growing food and flowers in a beautiful garden setting lights you up, if you’re looking for skills and inspiration that’ll help you build your own garden and “grow-your-own” for yourself and maybe our community too, or even if you have an interesting idea of how  [. . .]

It has been a long time since I’ve made a blog post. Quite a few folks have been asking me “what’s up!?” so I thought I’d write a post.  Here’s some info and some of my thoughts, a little window into the world of this market garden at the beginning of 2020. Those of you  [. . .]

brrrr…it snowed night before last, snow’s still on the ground this morning and looks like it’s staying icy cold out there for a few more days. But tho’ it’s frosty on the greenhouse roof, the peashoots seem to be chill with the cooler temperatures…makes them so juicy, crisp, sweet and flavourful. With just a little  [. . .]

Folks here on Mayne Island often ask me what my favourite cherry tomatoes are and if they can get plants for their gardens from me in the springtime. So here are my favourites (for now).  These are the varieties that I’ll be growing in my own garden this year.  I’ve linked them to where I  [. . .]

February’s almost over and very soon, there’ll be less time in my days for desk and paper work.  In a little more than a week it’ll be March! In 2013, I only made 2 posts on this blog, whoa!!….and I learned that when I suddenly stop posting on my blog, some of the folks who  [. . .]