So far this year, I am having good crops of summer squash, watermelon, and cucumber ... click on title for more
Flower of the Day – Cucurbits
Category: gardening
Bean Herbs: Epazote and Summer Savoury
Since the rain and intermittent heat have produced an abundance of herbs in my garden this season, I had lots of self-seeded epazote growing in the garden bed, and my sowing of summer savoury in a pot was looking very healthy as well. Both herbs have been known to be ideal to season beans, so I decided to harvest a bunch of each and cook two pots of beans, side by side, to compare their similarities or differences in flavour and aroma. Along the way, I learned about an heirloom Canadian summer savoury variety ... click on title for more
Harvest of the Day 2021
It is always a fun surprise to snap a photo of my backyard harvest, and then see how different it looks from similar pictures taken on the same day, from one year to another ... click on title for more
Crop Update – Indoors and Outdoors
I started sowing seed indoors, back in February, and I am happy to report seminal success for the season to come, as well as my first spring harvest ... click on title for more
Flower of the Day – Spring has Sprung
Although temperatures are still going up and down in Southern Ontario, the spring season has definitely arrived; in addition to birds singing and looking for a place to nest, grass turning green, and budding trees, I have spotted the first bloom in my backyard, a yellow daffodil (pictured above). A small forsythia is also blooming, a sure sign for sowing cool-weather crops outdoors, such as carrots, lettuce and radishes, and transplant some of the sturdiest seedlings from indoors ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 