Arms like jelly
I finally went outside to deal with the garden today. It’s been such a dismal, wet spring, I felt like there was no point doing anything out there until it Continue Reading →
Category Archives: gardening
Full of Potential
Sunday started with giggly, happy girls in the living room (awake early from Saturday evening’s “sleep-over”); outside we were greeted by an early morning rainbow. Later, the clouds cleared and Continue Reading →
What is an Urban Homesteader?
On our modest urban lot, in a home nearly 100 years old, we raise vegetables and fruit, we compost, we preserve what we grow, we repurpose castoff materials, we build, Continue Reading →
A Weekend on our Homestead
We’ve been pondering pulling up roots and moving again but the more we look around the more I love our neighbourhood and the potential that our lot and home still Continue Reading →
Stupidity TM
Today has been an interesting day to be watching fellow urban homestead-types get wound up into a tight ball of rage spiked with solidarity and mixed with a dash of Continue Reading →
New Seeds!
The garden planning and preparation has begun in earnest now — much earlier than last year in the hopes that we can get some early crops in and get some Continue Reading →
Slugs. I hate slugs.
And yet… I am fascinated to see them each night eating the smashed and rotting jack-o-lanterns outside…. Too bad they don’t know the difference between the food I’m trying to Continue Reading →
I blame the Goods
When I was younger, we used to watch a show on PBS called Good Neighbours — many years later, I learned this was originally called The Good Life when it Continue Reading →
Oh, Deer.
Early in the week, Mike noticed that one of our corn stalks was askew; on Thursday, we figured out why: deer. I found hoofprints in the garden beds and noticed that Continue Reading →
Our garden at last
It’s had a slow start but finally our garden is starting to give back. After a few hot days this week (three days of record-breaking high temperatures), the plants are Continue Reading →