With the nice weather holding steady, we decided to do a little more work in the garden. I’m hoping that by properly planting things in some waves based on the temperatures they prefer, that we will not only have good harvests, but I will not feel overwhelmed getting everything in all at once. As you…
Category: vegetables
Gardening Days 2025 Kick-off
The time has finally come to get some plants into the ground. The temperatures are staying above freezing with the daytime temperatures steadily climbing to double digits daily. I love this time of year! I realize I haven’t updated the blog about some of the work we have done in the yard in the last…
3rd Winter’s Arrival
As expected, the third winter has arrived, bringing a dusting to the tops of all the mountains in the valley. Here in the base of the valley, we were graced with rain and a cooling of temperatures. However, spring will be back later this week, when we reach back up into the high teens and…
Garden Seed Prep
And we are back to gardening! Sort of….more preparations for the garden, but technically I had my hands in soil today, so I count that as gardening. Last year, I planted most of my seeds in February, which was WAY to early. If I had looked at my trusty spreadsheet, I would have realized that…
2024 Growing Season Review
Since I slacked a bit at the end of last year with blog updates, I thought it would be best to review the 2024 growing season as a whole. Overall, it was a great growing season, especially with the cost of food being what it is. The fresh veggies are always great to have and…
August & September Comparisons
Where has the time gone! Apparently, I have been slacking on updates and stories for the month of September. Though, I have been busy working on the yard and processing all the delicious food. My downtime for writing however has been taken over with teaching a new course this year. Reading a text book and…
Improving Garlic Harvest: Lessons from Year Two
Year two of growing garlic was a vast improvement over our first year of growing. To be fair, our first year was quite the kick at the can, with little knowledge of what needed to be done. Luckily, I have a fantastic co-worker who gave great guidance and advice, which is why we actually managed…
July Comparisons
July felt like a weird month for growing this year. Everything feels behind, which some things definitely are, but just in general. There isn’t really a reason for it as far as we can tell. Plants are just slower to get going and producing this year. Talking with other gardeners it seems to be a…
August Yard Updates
August has arrived, quickly as usual. The garden is in full swing and plants are really starting to produce a lot of delicious goodies. The garden itself is looking very similar to last year, full and overflowing. Though as you can see from the photos above, our skies are a little brighter and colourful this…
Sun-Dried Tomato & Herb Bagels
SUCCESS! I had a successful fail with these bagels a few weeks ago, and managed to find time to re-try with some significant changes to the process and recipe. The last batch was good, but these ones are glorious! The best part, they can be done in a single day. Let’s jump into it. INGREDIENTS…
JK Building The Dream 