We’ve been enjoying delicious peashoot salads for the last 3 weeks. It has been a mild winter here on Mayne Island so we have lots of delicious greens and other veggies for eating still growing outside in the garden but there’s just something about that fresh green new growth taste that is such a luxury [. . .]
weeding and seeding
Yesterday and today have been such nice days to go out and do some winter weeding. A few days ago, I was talking with another gardener and we were wondering about what our worst gardening failures have been. I decided today that mine is: I never keep on top of the weeds because I don’t [. . .]
a winter garden harvest
I was so inspired by the red cabbage salad I had for dinner at a friend’s house last night! It was such a hearty, flavourful, crisp and refreshing winter-time salad. So earlier today I went running out to the garden to see if I still had some red cabbage to harvest. I did! And some [. . .]
The Good Life Project: falling into winter
Some more writing I did last year for consideration for Isuni’s “Living the Good Life” book project. A version of this appeared in our “Island Tides” newspaper last February. Here’s a link to the paper:http://www.islandtides.com/assets/reprint/IslandTides_Feb26_09.pdf My Garden Year: Falling into Winter (2nd week of November to Winter Solstice) Next year, I’m going to have my [. . .]
The Good Life Project: gardening my way to a good life on Mayne Island
I thought I’d finish off this year’s postings by sharing this article that I wrote and submitted for ISUNI’s “Living the Good Life” book project over a year ago……. A couple years ago I joined a meeting with the Islands Sustainability Initiative (ISUNI) folks on Mayne Island and became interested in their “Living the Good [. . .]
potatoes in containers
I had such a lovely day working outside today. No wind, no rain, a little sun, thank goodness. When it came time to think about dinner, I decided to harvest a pot of potatoes that I planted for winter new potatoes and thought I’d share my year-round new potato growing idea here.It all started last [. . .]