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Garden Update: July 2024
Every year, my husband says something like "this is not a good year for the garden". It's either too hot ...
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Garden Update: June 2024
After getting through the garden hibernation period—AKA winter—life is starting to appear in our yard again. Many, many years ago, ...
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Garden Update: December 2023
It's been an unusual winter so far for Winnipeg. We've had very little snow. For quite a while, it was ...
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Garden Update: October 2023
With an unusually warm October for Winnipeg, our gardening projects have continued a week or two longer than they normally ...
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Garden Update: September 2023
As the height of summer passes and we inch our way slowly toward fall, we find ourselves entering the busiest ...
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Garden Update: August 2023
It's becoming abundantly clear to me—as if I somehow hadn't already learned my lesson—that it's near impossible to do anything ...
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How to Grow Your Own Wheat and Make Flour
My husband and I take an experimental approach to our gardening. If we get the slightest idea of something that ...