Winter Fun

Backyard Ice Rink

It is usually a struggle to get a decent rink made in time for Christmas.  We bought a rink kit a few years ago, but without the right kind of weather, it still won't work.  Some years, winter arrives early with a huge dumping of snow in late November, but it's often just a lot of ...

Polytunnel Panic

Baby Wrapping

I was worried that my beautiful greens might take a wee bit of a hit tonight (-2 predicted), so we rigged a temporary mini hoophouse over the garden bed.  It was a very last minute decision - made at about 4pm - and I think we did well. We happened to have several yards of 3/4 ...

No Sun No Fun

Dreary Weather

I don't ever remember October being this dark and wet. Unpredictable, yes, but never consistently dreary and damp. The annual golf tournament at the cottage is held on Thanksgiving weekend. It's always a roll of the die as to what the weather will be like. We've had Indian Summer and we've had blistering ...

Rainbow

Rainbow

Tonight we witnessed a beautiful double rainbow and a starling party.

Sunshowers on a Cloudy Day

Baby Cabbage

It was a strange day of intermittent sunshowers. Capricious weather. Mercurial. Jeckyll-and-Hyde. The clouds would part, the sun would burst through, then the rain would come. It's a lovely time to be outside, actually. The sunlight flashes off the dripping plants and leaves you too dazzled to do any ...

Frost

Frost Warning

It's the same story every year: I'm happily going about my daily harvest - bringing in the beets, the potatoes, the tomatoes, the peppers - and enjoying the warm days and cool nights that September brings, when suddenly Environment Canada issues a Frost Warning. I'm usually wrapping up my evening with a soothing ...

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