Thanks to NOW magazine’s Ecoholic, Adria Vasil, and her story this week about canning foods using BPA-free products. At the end of Adria’s article she mentions my Pear Butter recipe. I hope to make some this week actually, if this cold I’ve gotten doesn’t keep me down for too long. I picked up some pears…
Celebrating Autumn
We had a lovely long weekend at Redstone, near Haliburton, although sadly, we closed up shop for the season. Luna had a blast helping keep an eye on the squirrels. For perhaps the first stretch this fall we had warm, sunny days. Such a treat. Luna is 10 months old now and she is so…
Sleepless in Toronto
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2010 from Sarah Mulholland on Vimeo. Last night Toronto celebrated five years of white nights, and for the first time in the history of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche I was not obligated to be at work for at least part of it. Usually I’m at least partially involved in helping get set up…
Garden nearly wrapped up
Yesterday’s freakishly warm temperatures aside, September has been a fairly quiet month for the garden because of the very cool temperatures. The tomatoes are nearly done, and the chilies and peppers are taking their sweet time ripening in the cold. There are still some leeks on the go; I’ll leave them be until we get…
The newest member of the fam
My new little baby niece Vaughn was born on August 25. I got to meet her last weekend as we celebrated her older brother’s 2nd b-day. I was able to give her the first quilt I made, finished earlier this summer in anticipation of her arrival. She pretty much looked like this the whole time…
Our next beer pilgrimage: New Glarus
On our way back from Wabakimi this year Chris and I took the long route home via the south shore of Lake Superior, specifically so we could hit the northern tip of Wisconsin and score some Belgian Red, what Chris calls the best beer he has ever had. It was a marathon drive with really…
Tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes
I have tomatoes coming out of my ears. Goldies, Black Zebras, Purple Calabashes, Aunt Ruby’s Yellow Cherries, Yellow Pears, San Marzanos, Wonder Lights, Sweet 100s, Des Andes, etc., etc. I’ve been giving the cherries away like mad because I just cannot keep up with them, until this week when I found a really fabulous recipe…
Canning quickie
I know after all those posts last week I’ve kind of disappeared again this week, but it’s because I bit off a bit more than I could chew with the canning and the sewing this week. Bought a bushel of roma tomatoes on Monday and set to work making tomato sauce, and holy cow was…
Pear Butter featured by Canning Across America
How cool is this? Be sure to check out Canning Across America’s blog and Flickr pool — great stuff. Long live the canvolution!!
Luna Tuna really is a fish
So our Luna Tuna (as we like to call her) is growing up super fast. Hard to believe that we’ve only had her for about 7 months, and that she’s already so grown-up looking. I used to carry her our for piddles at 3 a.m. when she was only 15 lbs! Now she’s pushing 85…