Here are the left overs from cleaning up the front yard garden; a few cucumbers including one little crystal apple cucumber and a ton of mainly-green tomatoes. I’ll keep them around for a few days to admire, we’ll see what else ripens, then I’m going to try some of Gayla’s Roasted Green Tomatoes. After all that yard […]
A lovely weekend for bike riding
Due to a magical combination of morning sickness, being gigantically pregnant, childbirth and the weather it’s been two years since I really rode my bike. We were handed down a baby bike seat but it made me feel really tippy so we only took it out once. Last week we really lucked out and got […]
Recipe: Pickled Beets are Delicious
Beets are one of my favourite vegetables. They are so easy to grow, grow beautifully in a container or in the garden, come in so many colours and shapes and even striped. I also enjoy that the entire plant is edible, the tops are great steamed with vinegar and butter, and although a roasted beet […]
Wordless Wednesday: Gratuitous Carrot Photography / Pornography
In celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving we harvested and shared the last of our carrots from the garden with my family. My soil is mainly sand, which may be terrible for tomatoes but it certainly makes good carrots. This year we had great luck growing a rainbow of carrots; white, yellow, red, orange and purple. Rebecca […]
Recipe: BBQ Pizza
Barbequing pizza is my favourite party trick. It’s a little scary and things can go up in flames, but with a little practice you get delicious gourmet pizza. And hey, if it goes terribly wrong you can order in some delicious gourmet pizza and call it a day. First things first, you need some pizza […]