It was ideal winter weather for working outside yesterday. (the sun even came out!) What a beautiful day and it looks like today wants to be sunny too. Lots of weeding to do in my garden right now….west coast gardening involves weeding all year ’round at my place. The weeds that grow in the garden [. . .]
winter gardening
snow and cold
The snow cover that’s not going away, the cold getting colder and the nasty wind have all convinced me that it’s a better idea to stay inside by the warm fire and do some indoor work today. As long as the power stays on I can even do some work on the computer! A few [. . .]
tuscan kale
One of my favourite things about growing some of my own food is that we get to eat things that aren’t sold in the grocery stores or markets…delicacies like the tender and delicious kale flower buds that appear on my tuscan kale plants at this time of year. Here’s today’s harvest for tonight’s dinner….yum!Black Tuscan [. . .]
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 [. . .]