In a fit of planned randomness I dragged my wife down the road to the Oshawa Home and Garden Show, aka the Oshawa This Week Home and Garden Show, aka the Metroland Media Presents Home and Garden Show. Since I cannot think of a witty sentence that points out how absurd it is that the show doesn’t even have a… (more…)
We pickled pickles today. It was my first attempt at doing cold pack preserving all on my own so of course Seraph was there to help. She has at least 8 experience points put into preserving and canning. So as my very first attempt at almost alone preserving let me say that making dill pickles is quite simply the easiest… (more…)
While examining the garden today I noticed that I have a few buds on my pea plants and my beans are starting on another stage of growth. Interestingly enough this happens on the day I start re-reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
We know that Canada still drinks beer. The latest statistics report that “as usual, beer was by far the most popular beverage. In terms of dollar value, beer captured 50.4% of sales. However, wine accounted for 25.2% of sales compared with 24.3% for spirits, the first time wine has jumped into second place.” (Source: The Control and Sale of Alcoholic… (more…)
Saturday morning I noticed that the peas were beginning to eat each other so, using some of the wood left over from a minor destruction/improvement project when we first moved in as pole, I strung some yarn. Later that day I added another line. And the next morning I added some more line. And that night I added more line.… (more…)
Today has turned into one of those bitterly cool days that arrive just after a warm stretch to remind oneself why it is we don’t plant annuals this early. Not only is the furnace on again but I’m wearing a sweater and was ensconced in blankets on the couch for about an hour. I happen to know I was warm… (more…)
Apparently one is supposed to seperate the garlic cloves and not plant the bulbs a la tulips. This might explain why I seem to have gained so many little garlic shoots in such a short span of time.
I’m excited. I ordered seeds from Veseys this morning for my vegetable garden. Stringless Blue Lake Pole Beans Thomas Laxston Peas (heirloom) Veseys Baby Leaf Blend (lettuceseses) Kong (a 12′ sunflower) I already have garlic-of-perpetually-taking-over poking its bits out of the ground and at some point I’m going to grab some Egyptian onions (also of the perpetually taking over clan)… (more…)