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July 4, 2008: How my garden grows...
Comments: 9 | Categories: Gardening

First off, happy 4th of July to all the Americans out there! Those of us who are Canadian actually celebrated Canada Day on Tuesday, July 1st, though it is not quite the massive celebration here that I'm sure you are all partaking of down there today! It's been a while...

June 26, 2008: First harvest of the season
Comments: 10 | Categories: Gardening

Mmm... the first salad of the season, made with a lettuce blend from my backyard! I'm using a nice heirloom lettuce blend, as well as a romaine called Olga and some oriental greens called Mizuna. Is there anything more satisfying than eating what you've grown? (Okay, the answer is yes,...

June 19, 2008: Grow, little garden, grow!
Comments: 12 | Categories: Frugality , Gardening

Did you know that you have some incredible garden fertilizers, right in your very own kitchen? As I am trying to keep my garden costs low, I have been so blessed this year to discover a few very simple, yet very effective ways to boost my garden! It all started...

June 17, 2008: Baby Steps: Get growing!
Comments: 9 | Categories: Gardening

This week's baby step is: Very simple. It is to grow something edible, anything at all, this summer. And eat it! Why this step is important: I think there is something crucial about connecting with the seasons and the way that food grows. Though I find it difficult to express...

March 24, 2008: I can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Gardening

So, in case you were thinking that I must be some fantastic organic gardener or something, let me put your minds at ease... I thought I was so clever with my little toilet paper rolls, all frugal and green. Last week we spent a couple of hours soaking our seeds,...

March 19, 2008: It all starts with a little seed...
Comments: 0 | Categories: Gardening , Our family

March 8, 2008: A garden in progress
Comments: 3 | Categories: Gardening

I mentioned that I wouldn't be around much on Thursday because I was tilling my garden, and it's still such a work in progress. We got the basic tilling work done, but there were some huge blackberry roots in one corner that we just couldn't do much to (I'm waiting...

March 6, 2008: I'm off to till my garden!
Comments: 6 | Categories: Gardening

Today's the day! A friend and I are splitting the cost of renting a roto-tiller, and will start at my house, have lunch here, then head over to her house to do her garden as well (I know, I know, there are cons to roto-tilling, but my garden is fairly...

February 28, 2008: Have seeds...will plant
Comments: 2 | Categories: Gardening

I think I'm ready to start! I've got: carrots shelling peas sweet bell peppers sweet frying peppers tomatoes- three different varieties, plus one of cherry tomatoes onions sweet corn lettuce mix romaine lettuce passionflower (nothing to do with vegetables at all, but they looked really interesting and supposedly have edible...

February 26, 2008: I've been inspired!
Comments: 6 | Categories: Gardening , Going green , Living healthy

As I ramp up more and more for the start of the gardening season, it is exciting to think about the potential of my little, backyard garden (likely not more than 8 ft by 18 ft, though I haven't measured it yet). But not in my wildest dreams have I...

February 14, 2008: Heirloom seeds and where to find them online
Comments: 1 | Categories: Gardening

Today I received my co-op order, and I was so disappointed to find that only 3 out of about 15 packs of heirloom seeds arrived. I suppose they were so popular that they sold out (which I can completely understand- they were an exceptional price and sounded just amazing!). For...

February 5, 2008: Anticipating gardening season- composting and seed starting!
Comments: 8 | Categories: Gardening

Ta-da! I actually started my composting! It's not fancy or even terribly creative, but it was free, and I think it will work, and that works for me! Preferably, I would like to get a "real" composter, made of metal, that does all of the mixing for me. :) I...

January 17, 2008: Anticipating gardening season
Comments: 11 | Categories: Gardening

"A wise gardener anticipates June in January" Author unknown This is the opening statement in my newest book on gardening, Momma's Guide to Growing your Groceries , by Kimberly Eddy (an ebook I recently purchased from Biblical Womanhood). As a fairly novice gardener, I can see the wisdom in this...

December 30, 2007: A flop, a find and a Father's love
Comments: 3 | Categories: Gardening , In the kitchen , Parenting

My day in a nutshell. :) A flop: My broccoli-cauliflower cream soup. Dismal, I must say. It was so good the last time I made it, but today I decided to use my Vita-Mix for the whole thing to save time and dishes (Vita-MIxes create so much friction that you...

October 25, 2007: End of season garden deals
Comments: 0 | Categories: Frugality , Gardening

For this week's Frugal Friday post, I just had to show off my latest deal! We needed to grab something from Superstore (for the Americans reading this, it's like Walmart or SuperTarget, but more grocery based), and as I was about to run into the store, I noticed red clearance...