Well this year has been interesting learning what works in the new beds and where we are going to change things next year. This month has made some of those changes abundantly clear in regard to where we have crowded too much and other areas that are wasted space. We are jotting down notes and…
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Apocalypse Now – Late Summer Musings
Well we are into late summer now. The plants are producing at their maximum capacities, with an abundance of fruit and vegetables being picked and processed. Another month and the plants will start to fade and cease providing the delicious offerings it has given us all summer. A few plants will continue to slowly grow…
July Comparisons
I am a little late on this post, as well as a little delayed on writing anything lately. It has been a busy month, which has unfortunately left little time for writing. Luckily, I should have a bit more time to share what we have been up to and some future planning. Looking at the…
Mid-Summer Musings
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…
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…
JK Building The Dream 