The rainy days of fall have come at last and today even a bit of the white stuff. But thanks to our extended August weather my garden saw yet another expansion complete with an Asian pear tree, perennials, and flowering …
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Monkeying Around With Dessert
Okay everyone, there's something I need to get off my chest. I. Love. Food. I absolutely love it. I love everything about it. I love the act of eating. I love the sheer variety of foods to eat. I love …
When Life Hands You Pemberton Pumpkins…Make Pumpkin Bread!
I am submitting my November entry early because I cannot bear to think people are going to chuck their Halloween pumpkins into the compost or attend a pumpkin-smashing event to get rid of their creations. As long as your carved …
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Career Posting for a Homestead Farmer
(This is a photo of my first kitchen garden and campsite in my rookie year homesteading circa 1994 ) The few job postings I've come across for farming are usually for minimum wage labouring on commercial farms. You might be …
Ask not what the Earth can do for you, but what you can do for the Earth
When my kindergartener began concocting a little dirt-pile offering for the tree, to say thanks for the fallen branch he had harvested to be a sword, I wondered if maybe I’ve gone a bit far with my semi-pagan ramblings. I …
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It’s never too early…
In fact, to my mind, I am actually late! For what, you ask. Christmas, I say. More specifically Christmas Cake, the traditional fruit, soaked in alcohol, version. In years past I have made my cake at the end of September …
An Apple a Day
You already know that fall is my favourite time of the year. It also happens to be one of the busiest times of year for me at work. So busy that sometimes it feels hard to find a full breath. …
