I made pancakes again this weekend. 100% whole wheat and very little sugar. They are even better cold the next day as a breakfast on the go. I make a batch with 2 cups flour and it makes about 10 in the mini-grill I used for my eggs every morning. The little bit of cinnamon […]
Seedlings for 2018
So last year, I got no tomatoes or pumpkins in spite of my efforts. Here I go again. April 8, 2018: I planted some seeds on April 8, 2018. Just a few things to get started, I planted large tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and sweet peppers and pumpkins into nursery potting cells. Eek, I can’t wait […]
Flower Garden 2017 – My Review
A few years ago, we put up a simple pool to cool off in. When we took it down at the end of the season, there was a perfect oval of destroyed grass underneath. (When I say “took it down” I mean pulled the plug and let the air out.) We um’ed and ah’ed as […]
Vegetables 2017 – My Review
Apparently the plant hardiness zone for my location is 5a or sometimes 5b. This zoning information is great though and opens up a plethora of relevant information. Unfortunately, there is only so much a fledgling gardener such as myself can take in in the first year. So I just started with the vegetables I like. […]
Spring Cleaning 2018
Spring Cleaning – Project 1. Yep, time to take on a deep cleaning project to get ready for summer. First up: kitchen tiles. Funny how I start to get motivated on tedious cleaning tasks at the change of the seasons. Where I live here in Canada, we have four distinct seasons. I lived in England for […]
Our First Garden 2017
Our back year is a perfect small enclosed space for our boston terrier dogs, but we decided to try something new this year. This is our first time gardening, so we decided to just try out some garden ideas: plant some vegetable seeds and flowers to see how all this works. I took a lot […]