This year has already been an interesting gardening season! Here are my thoughts as we’re halfway through the growing season. Don’t Let Everything Go To Seed I mean you definitely can, but just know that it may spell trouble for next year. You may remember my dill saga last year, but this year the struggle… [Read More]
Three Reasons to Buy a Dehydrator
Three Reasons to Buy a Dehydrator Dehydrating is a fantastic food preservation method that I definitely hope more people get excited about and start doing. We invested in a commercial size dehydrator from Cabella’s a few years ago (because I wanted to dehydrate in bulk and because it contains NO plastic in it) and am… [Read More]
Why “NPK” Sucks
NPK is a really common phrase and idea that you’ll hear a lot about in gardening. I’ll explain a little about what it is, before we talk about why I think it kind of sucks. NPK is important to understand when it comes to fertilizer. Most fertilizers are spelled out based on what they contain… [Read More]
Why You Should Buy a Greenhouse
Having a greenhouse has absolutely transformed our growing season and I wish we’d had one sooner! Here are my top reasons for why I think you should save up to buy a greenhouse! It Lengthens Your Growing Season We bought a super cheap little heater online and used it to heat our greenhouse in the… [Read More]
All About Cleansing and Detoxing
Cleansing is a really popular topic and can be quite overwhelming when you start to dive into it. The unfortunate part is that there’s so much false information out there that’s muddying the water to help people understand what may actually be helpful and for what. Environmental illness is actually super common, and much of… [Read More]
Warm Weather Perennials in Colder Zones
One downside of living in garden zone 4a in Calgary is that we don’t get a ton of length to our growing season. This can really limit what we’re able to grow outside and many regular varieties even need to be “shorter season” choices to ensure we get maximum yield. This is also all dependent… [Read More]
Why I Love Sprouting
I don’t know if you’re like me, but I’m feeling DESPERATE to get some fresh greens into my diet! However, it’s currently -20C out, so sprouting is a great winter option to provide us some greens even in the middle of the winter. Sprouts are the first stage of seedling development, so we aren’t letting… [Read More]
Garden Lessons From 2020
There’s such a huge benefit to learning from each experience you have, and I find this particularly true with gardening! And, because we’re in a region where it isn’t possible to garden year round like they can in warmer climates, I always try extra hard to ensure things are as optimal as possible for the… [Read More]
Delicious Summer Rhubarb Juice Concentrate
I’ve been asked for this recipe numerous times, so I decided I should probably make a blog post about it! My lovely auntie Lill is the creator of the recipe, and I’m so happy to be sharing it with you too! It’s so easy to make and perfect for using up lots of rhubarb when… [Read More]
Think Organic is JUST a Silly Trend? Think Again…
Here’s why this is a REALLY important topic and not one you should brush off as just the latest fad… Trending Numbers From 2006-2013, the money Canadian consumers spent on organic products TRIPLED, far outpacing growth in other food sectors. The trend since then has likely continued and grown even more. While some may say… [Read More]