This is a fable of what not to do when choosing seed for planting, exemplified by my experience with purple corn last year … click on title for more
Backyard Story – Purple Corn
Category: Backyard Stories
Winter Ingredients
I started longing to get some fresh produce from my garden, but just by looking out of my backdoor at the austere scene in my backyard, it became quite clear that it would not be the case today. I was encouraged at the supermarket, though, when I saw plump tomatoes grown in Canada … click on title for more
FOTD – Harvest Update: Salsola
Another one of my new-to-me crops this year was salsola (Salsola komarovii), a potherb originally from Japan; it caught my attention in the seed catalogue because it looked a lot like the Mexican potherb known as romeritos (Suaeda spp), which grows mostly around the salty lake areas outside Mexico City … click on title for more
FOTD – Harvest Update: Carrots
Homegrown carrots are just the crunchiest, juiciest and most flavourful of all. Back in April, I started a patch of carrots with what I described as a "cornucopia of many varieties of carrot seed", with the conviction that this measure would increase germination success rates … click on title for more
FOTD – Harvest Box
I am going away on a trip to Mexico soon, so I had to process all this produce right away … click on title for more
