We have two new bee houses in the garden this year. Neither seem to be inhabited yet but today we had our first sighting of one of these important solitary pollinators this afternoon. I think its an orchard mason bee but I’m not 100% sure. Hope to be seeing many more this season though.
Archives for June 2011
Recipe: Fantastic Fennel and Fiddleheads!
Here’s one of our favourite recipes, a grilled summertime salad especially for new mothers, cottage trips & vegans. It’s excellent to bring over when visiting new babies as its delicious and easy to eat with one hand as well as fennel being a great galactagogue that also seems to help with a colicy or refluxy baby. […]
project 365: week twenty two: May 28th, 2011 – June 3rd, 2011
May 28th, 2011 Lilacs on Almerinda’s farm. May 29th, 2011 Busy Pollinator. May 30th, 2011 Barn Lust. May 31st, 2011 Vermont Cranberry Beans. June 1st, 2011 Rhubarb deliciousness. June 2nd, 2011 Look what we found on the curb! June 3rd, 2011 Alanna’s chamomile.
Recipe: Ruby Red Rhubarb Preserves or Rhubarb Strawberry Jam
Rhubarb is in full season so when we left the farm we also left with a cooler full of rhubarb. Its also hard to believe that this little plant from April… is now lovely tender stalks of rhubarb… So what to do with A gazillion stalks of gorgeous organic rhubarb? Make a simple preserve […]