After cleaning the brush from a couple of my garden beds, I found my green theme for this year's St. Patrick's Day … click on title for more
A Green Post
Tag: Cee’s FOTD
Backyard Story – Purple Corn
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
A Very Tasty Christmas Tree
When I came back to Canada from my most recent trip to Mexico, I brought home some heirloom hand-crafted straw decorations. Every year my daughters and I choose a theme for our Christmas tree, and we decided to use them this year, and give our tree an old-fashioned look. We also used "fruit" (such as artificial sugar plums), toys (for example, nutcrackers) and pinecones, and even made garlands with real popcorn to complete the look ... click on title for more
FOTD – Poinsettias
During the Christmas season, there seems to be no vacant spot without a poinsettia, adorning gardens and churches, as well as many other public places … 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
My Slice of Mexico 