Years ago, I went to a garage sale and loaded a cardboard box with old kitchen gadgets, pots, pans, and even an old oil tin from the basement of the sale. When I arrived home, I noticed that the muffin tin uncharacteristically had 8 sections. It would make the perfect holder for 8 potatoes for the…
Horseradish leaves in my garden in the Fall The first thing we harvest from our garden in the Spring is horseradish for our traditional Passover plate. We dig up the root ,wash and peel it and then don snorkeling gear to grate it. I usually accomplish this with a blender, adding vinegar as needed. Should you become cavalierly…
This morning Dan Goodbaum www.foodbomb.org came to my garden to interview me for a video he is making about my garden and my gardening philosophy . The bees were at work.
It’s not often , I get to spend time fully in the color spectrum, in a world of white. It was Michelle’s birthday and we got to boat across the white capped lake to her and her husband David’s island paradise. The party was held at her partner and neighbour Chrissy’s cottage on this idyllic Ontario isle. Both Chrissy’s…
Driving back from The Stratford Festival on Sunday amongst endless grain fields stood a blueberry farm. Of course, I had to stop. The farmer convinced me that I wanted to buy all the rest of his bounty since he wanted to close for the day. A deal was struck for the rest of his gorgeous berries. I…