Month: June 2010

Advice on action.

I’ve done a bit of a food gloat over at http://amongtheweeds.ca for those of you interested in our harvests and dinners as of late. Despite the frowny weather, we really have been eating out of our garden a lot lately and I’m really quite… Continue Reading “Advice on action.”

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Backyard Harvest & Eating: June

Despite the fairly miserable June weather, I have to acknowledge my little garden hasn’t done so badly. So far we’ve eaten lots of salad greens, stir-fry greens, flowers, beets and even broad beans from the garden – plus a couple of scraggly purple carrots.… Continue Reading “Backyard Harvest & Eating: June”

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Responsible gardening.

I dropped my car off for servicing this morning on the way to work and so took the opportunity to walk through the Eleventh Ave community garden in the skytrain right of way on my way to the bus. This is a lovely little… Continue Reading “Responsible gardening.”

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Love your country, not your government.

Photo taken October 2008 on Parliament hill overlooking the Ottawa River. Part of the Lucipetal series. Posted today in response to a piece in the Toronto Star over the weekend and the start of the G/20 summit amidst heavy police presence.

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Will solstice bring summer?

It’s probably a good thing that I didn’t know GardenWorks was having a 30% off sale when I pulled up on Saturday or I would have had more time to rationalize all the “saving money” I could do by purchasing quantity. As it was,… Continue Reading “Will solstice bring summer?”

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