The combination of sandy soil and full sun means that we are able to grow really nice root vegetables in our front yard here in Toronto. When we’re not growing for seed, we just grow all the different types and colours mixed up so what you pick is a surprise; A striped beet or a […]
Make Your Own Organic Cranberry Sauce {Enough for both Canadian Thanksgiving and Christmas}
I had a lovely evening out last week with my friend Shana. We went out on the town to a canning class put on by Bernardin in a local church kitchen. Although we’re both becoming rather seasoned canners it’s nice: 1. To have a nice community event to go to. 2. We kind of like hanging […]
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 […]