Buying a Beer for Slugs and Snails
Spring is here. Weather is warmer. Colours are back. Flowers are everywhere. Life is dandy, right? No! Slugs, snails, and who knows what else are marauding my garden. Something’s Been…
Home & Garden
Update on My Tomatoes
My tomato seedlings update: all three varieties I sowed in March have germinated — almost too well! Here's how I'm dealing with fifteen happy, overcrowded seedlings on the veranda.
More Vegetables and Fruits to Come…
Two weeks after the tomato seeds, I'm sowing more vegetables outdoors — carrots, spinach and mesclun greens — plus courgette, melon and butternut squash indoors.
Growing Season…Again
Spring's still three weeks off and the frost hasn't gotten the memo — but it's time to get the vegetable beds ready. First up: three types of tomato seeds, sown…
Bursting with Goodness – Cherry Tomatoes
Our cherry tomato plants are bursting with ripe fruit faster than we can pick them. Rather than let them go to waste, I turned a basket of them into a…