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How does one "EAT Green"? It's a popular topic, and everyone has an opinion. Here is my answer: daily Eat something green every day. And I don't mean green and fuzzy with an odd smell to it. "Greens", as defined by most people, refer to leafy vegetables - kale, chard, collards, spinach, mustard, lettuces and the like. But don't forget ...
Something's feasting on my winter spinach. I can recognize rabbit damage when I see it, so I've started a nightly cayenne ritual. I grew the pretty pepper plants two years ago to defend my garden against small critters. They were gorgeous plants, very bushy, just dripping with bright red finger-sized peppers. I ...
Another frost warning tonight. This time, with help from family, the plants were covered while it was still daylight. It may be the first of October, so frost protection is a little silly, but my peppers need more time and I intend to give it to them. I planted them when they were little ...
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 ...
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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