In our part of the world, it is usually safe to plant bedding plants such as tomatoes and peppers out the May Victoria Day long weekend (on or before the 24th of May). This year we were in Victoria, BC, that weekend, moving our kids. Shortly after we returned, it began to rain and didn’t…
Apparently, in case you care, I’m a geek. That might be why this gardening article from WIRED ezine cracks me up so much: Geek Gardening: A Wired Guide to Domestic Terraforming. Although the article is extremely tongue-in-cheek, there’s also a lot of good information on gardening regardless of the size of plot you have, from…
It’s been rather busy down home on the farm for the past few weeks, and we haven’t even gotten our garden in yet. Sure, we’re in Canada, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t solidly into spring here! So here’s an overview of how to compost. The correct method; The Comer Method? Well, we have 40…
The legal drug of choice for many of us is liquid caffeine. Some folks get theirs in tea or pop (soda, or whatever you call it in your neck of the woods!) but many of us drink coffee. How many cups a day do you average? Me, I prefer mine mixed with hot chocolate to…
May I say how proud I am of my daughter and son-in-law? Lots of people talk the talk, but they are walking the walk. My beautiful granddaughter, SweetPea, is wearing AppleCheeks reusable cloth diapers. Here is my daughter’s post (about a month pre-birth) about the choice they made, including a couple of photos of SweetPea’s…
Water is arguably the planet’s most valuable resource. We can’t live without it. But what’s all the rage about bottled water? I couldn’t believe it a few years ago when I first saw it hitting shelves. Who would pay that kind of money for something not that different than what comes out of our taps?…