Tag: postaweek2011

Eternal green onions…..

A friend showed me this trick and I think its too cool not to share. Supermarket green onions (and any other bulbing scallion) will put out new green onion when immersed in water. And it happens remarkably quick — less than a week from… Continue Reading “Eternal green onions…..”

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Three things I love about spring.

In honour of the sunshine, I’m cramming a whole bunch of things I’ve been thinking about lately under one heading. Things I love about spring: 1) Worms! Over the past few weeks I’ve been turning beds and planting seeds in my raised boxes and… Continue Reading “Three things I love about spring.”

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Fourth quilt of 2011 finished!

Finishing is always the hardest part – binding a quilt is tricky for me, but this time I took a little more care than normal. It didn’t make it easier, but it did turn out better than many of my bindings have in the… Continue Reading “Fourth quilt of 2011 finished!”

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So far planted in 2011.

Now here’s the garden update! The last couple of days have been really cold and wet, but despite all that, the garden seems to be moving steadily into spring mode with tulips starting to emerge and lots of lovely budding branches (like the raspberry… Continue Reading “So far planted in 2011.”

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Summer of Sustainability Garden Tour Proposal

For those of you in Hastings-Sunrise, note the Community Small Grants deadline is tomorrow! So if you were planning on getting something in, today is the day to drop those at the Hastings Community Center. We got ours in last night – on our… Continue Reading “Summer of Sustainability Garden Tour Proposal”

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