Pesto is one of our summer standbys, and anyone who had been to the cottage with us will know that we always like to keep some authentic italian pesto on hand for a quick and easy lunch. Ha! I normally grow enough basil to make our basil pesto once a week, but what to do […]
Project 365: week twenty four: June 11th, 2011 – June 17th, 2011
June 11th, 2011 My very first iris ever. June 12th, 2011 Threading pasta beads montessori style & looking very grown up. June 13th, 2011 Rebecca baby-wearing 1 & 2 Bears in a nice little ruck. June 14th, 2011 Toddler painting time. Life is so much easier when you can do everything outside. June 15th, 2011 […]
How to: Grow Delicious Potatoes in Containers
Potatoes are absolutely one of the easiest things to grow and you can plant them in just about anything. For years we grew them in a series of old garbage cans that we had drilled holes in and even in a big flower pot in our old kitchen. Then we moved on to growing […]
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 one: May 21st, 2011 – May 27th, 2011
May 21st, 2011 Ladybug meet macro lens. May 22nd, 2011 A visit to Port Dover, Ontario May 23rd, 2011 Grilling peppers for the first bbqed pizza of the year. May 24th, 2011 She can help in the garden this year! May 25th, 2011 Future Strawberry. May 26th, 2011 creme brule coral bells. May 27th, 2011 […]