Last year I planted a couple strawberry plants in my side bed where it’s quite sunny, as a bit of an experiment. I don’t have a lot of veggie space to devote full time to strawberries, but I thought it might be nice to pick a couple handfuls of berries now and then. Last year…
Rested and rejuvenated
So I’ve been MIA from the blogosphere yet again but for good reason. Firstly, I’ve been migrating to a new laptop which hast taken some time to get my Aperture library moved (and to learn Aperture 3, which has been completely overhauled from version 2), getting other software installed and bookmarks and address books ported…
Graduated!
Our Luna-Tuna graduated from puppy class last night! She got her very own certificate AND she got to wear a grad cap! She was so thrilled about that part especially. Having worked in the pet industry quite a bit in my youth, I was a bit skeptical of the quality of the training offered at…
Tulips, we hardly knew ye
We’ve had a wicked cold snap here in Ontario. This weekend Chris and I were at the cottage and it snowed! Lots! None of it really hung around but Saturday saw plenty of the white stuff falling. Thankfully I had avoided temptation and not yet put out any of my tomatoes, despite the wonderful early-summer-like…
Happy Mama’s Day to me
So what if my kid is a dog. Can you believe she is only 5 months old? She looks all growd up already. But she’s not. And she’s over 55lbs now. Yeah, she’s a tank.
I’m a quilter!!
So I’ve been building towards a new hobby lately… one I’ve been curious about for some time. Problem is I don’t have time for any extra classes. At least I don’t think I do. Maybe eventually. Maybe after puppy classes are over. In two weeks Luna graduates from puppy class but then immediately starts the…
At least I still got all my teeth
I’m well aware I haven’t been posting much lately. Aside from the usual spring gardening busyness and raising a puppy, and the usual end-of-April-beginning-of-May insanity that is my job (be sure to check out next weekend’s GradEx at OCAD), I’ve been spending the last several weeks in the dental chair! Yay! What was supposed to…
Riot on my front lawn
Remember that quince jam I made back in December? Well, this is the pay off for keeping Chris and the hedge clippers at bay last year. “The Bush” as we refer to it (actually a flowering quince), is still far from a work of horticultural art. It’s currently rather lopsidedly lashed together with some rope…
The sad truth about our food?
My boss shared this video with me today and I thought it was quite compelling. Yes, it’s a commercial for Hellman’s, but a clever one in that it doesn’t really focus at all on their product. Instead it incites the viewer to consider where Canadian fruits and vegetables come from, offers up startling figures about…