It is time to take a look at the garden and what is happening. July is when the garden tends to go from steadily growing to exploding with life. Any plants that may have been struggling suddenly surge with vigor and take off in their growth. It is always interesting to go out from one…
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June Comparisons
Yet another edition of VERSUS. This time it is June 2022 versus June 2023 and what we were able to harvest. For the most part, we are on par with what we were experiencing in 2022 with most of our plants. Some of the harvest measurement differences were based not so much on what was…
The Great Scape Jelly
We love a savoury jelly on some soft cheese like brie or goat cheese. With all the garlic scapes, I had to find a jelly recipe. Surprise, surprise, I couldn’t find just one I liked, but a few, so I did a little mashup to come up with a savoury jelly that had all the…
The Great Scape – Mustard
With my first year of scapes I am trying all sorts of recipes. The one I think I am most excited for is this one, garlic scape mustard. I’ve always wanted to try making mustard so I found a few recipes, and as usual, mixed a few together and added some of my own ingredients,…
May Comparisons
I’m a little late with this post, but better late than never! May was a warm month this year. The average temperature was 7C warmer than last year, and the evenings stayed warmer throughout the month. There was more sun and less clouds. It was certainly noticeable in the garden. With the weather being so…
Grassy Run
Last year we finally took out the run that ran up the side of our upper yard and beside our house. The inside fence posts had rotted and one good wind was going to knock it over so out it came. We were left with a strip of weedy dirt, which we planned to eventually…
Protecting The Berries Again
We love birds. Just about all birds. I would say the only bird I don’t appreciate are the doves. They are supposed to be these symbols of love and beauty, but I think their false hoot (so-called coo) and slug-sized poops are bothersome. Unfortunately we seem to have a few that have been hanging around…
Herb Planter
4 years ago, I was looking for a project to do with some scrap wood that I had accumulated, and I ended up building a cute little herb planter for on our walkway by the back door. I called it my scrappy scrapper, which you can read about in the post with the same name….
Irrigation Irritation
Irrigation is a wonderful thing once it is in, but running it can be irritating, so we have taken to calling it irritation lately. I am sure that we will be calling it irrigation now that it is all in and working properly, but getting to this point is always irritating. You think it will…
Lumberjacking
Fun fact, back in my theatre days, I was a stage manager for The Great Canadian Lumberjack show for the Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours. We put on a dinner theatre for guests that were passing through town on the train. The Lumberjack show, though somewhat theatrical in the script, was truly showcasing some great skills….
JK Building The Dream 