Great Greens!

Great Greens!
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We love love love to grow greens! We had two warmish and fabulously sunny days in a row after a very long stretch of seriously cold weeks (or was it months?) and that little hint of warmth made me think … Continued

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By Hand

By Hand
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Our little market garden is very much “Made By Hand”. We use hand-tools to cultivate, we carry compost by hand in metal buckets and Shank’s Pony is our ride to forage for wild blueberries. All hands on and usually in the … Continued

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Easter Eggplants!

Easter Eggplants!
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Today has the dubious title of “First Day of Spring”.  Ta-Dah! Spring… right? It appears that Spring has, once again, “Rickrolled” us by applying back-to-back blizzards with massive piles of snow neatly placed on top of the already deep layer … Continued

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In the Kitchen Garden

In the Kitchen Garden
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Oh, baby! Tiny little plant starts. Please look away from the “plastic-fantastic” shelves that are this year’s seed starting station. We did so want the lovely metal baker’s shelves but such things are not so easy to come by out … Continued

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If I were a Mommy Blogger…

If I were a Mommy Blogger…
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If I were a Mommy Blogger these pictures would be gratuitous baby photos. Real baby love. Look at those chubby little cotyledons! Weedy little baby onions with the miniature strap leaves. The rosy-posy stems on the plump little ruby chards! … Continued

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Flower Fairies

Flower Fairies
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When I was a wee, little nipper, I was gifted with a book of “The Flower Fairies” (I think it was called Flower Fairies of the Spring). I pored over the images and began to look for the pictured pixies … Continued

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Ginger Hands

Ginger Hands
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A hand of ginger, a murder of crows, a clowder of cats. Fantastically odd sounding names for groups of ordinary things… charming! Today I planted some of those “ginger hands”. Ginger is marvellous for digestion, can ease asthma symptoms and also fights … Continued

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Begin

Begin
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Begin at the beginning. Seeds. Every time I get to unfold the flap on a shiny new seed packet I am amazed at the tiny wondrousness of a seed. It is like an entire secret world is contained in there. Did … Continued

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Onions!

Onions!
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It is February in Cape Breton. The door to the green house is frozen shut. The door to the basement is also frozen shut. Our steep little lane is a semi-vertical skating rink and, of course, layers of snow and … Continued

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