Shoot Salad Mix: pea shoots, sunflower shoots and purple daikon radish shoots…..this mix is really popular with customers in Victoria. And I love them too. Hi everyone! I’ve been away from the blog for quite a while…and I have so much to write about but it’s really a challenge to make the time to get [. . .]
Happy Autumnal Equinox!
Wow, it’s the first day of fall. Apple abundance is always a part of this transition time of year in the garden. Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards hangs out around here, I’m sure I feel her presence. I read somewhere that the pruning knife was her sacred tool! This [. . .]
tropeana lunga onions
Last winter, I ordered some Tropeana Lunga onion seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. So I planted them in starter cells and little black pots in the greenhouse and watched them grow. Onion seed needs to be planted in winter to get a good start (I plant mine in late January/early February). But I could probably plant [. . .]
bush beans and runner beans
I was thinking about these folks and their headline making front yard garden today. And how a bean patch with a runner bean tepee or any trellis creation in the center (the possibilities are endless!) is such a beautiful thing for a front yard garden. But not only is it beautiful, it’s a fabulous way for grow-your-owners [. . .]
wwoof
In May we hosted the first wwoofers to ever stay and work at Christina’s Garden. A milestone!….and the best first-time wwoofers ever. WWOOF: World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms or sometimes people call it “Willing Workers On Organic Farms”….and there are a few other versions too….. Pascale from Montreal, (another of this summer’s best wwoofers ever) [. . .]
stargazers
The stargazer lilies have been blooming again this August and they are, as usual, stunning!! Stargazer lilies are the look-after-themselves perennial treat of the late summer garden just like peonies are the look-after-themselves perennial treat of the early summer garden. After I plant them, I don’t have to do anything….they just come up on their [. . .]