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English Cucumbers are a warm weather crop that is easy to grow. They are a member of the cucurbitacea family which also includes melons, pumpkins and squash. English cucumbers were bred to have a thinner smooth skin with less seeds, which make it perfect for eating fresh. Starting Seeds Indoors To get an early start…
These Cabbage Rolls – Holubtsi has roots in the Ukrainian dishes of my family using traditional inexpensive ingredients. Cabbage Rolls – Holubtsi Cabbage Rolls – Holubtsi is a traditional Ukrainian dish of cabbage leaves filled with a rice bacon onion filling then baked until tender. Recently I have been baking them 2 ways, one the…
Grow Your Own Food is an information series on gardening in Canada that will get you started on the right foot and help you every step of the way to having the garden you dream of! You have decided that this year you will grow your own food and you are considering starting some of…
These delicious Crispy Roasted Kale Chips are easy and inexpensive to make. I am sure you have seen it all over the internet. The huge influx of crispy roasted kale chip recipes. I was intrigued and though they sound quite interesting. Being an avid gardener I am always on the lookout for new ways to…
A Blank Slate is about my journey through grief with gardening. Working Through Grief My first garden was larger then most. It was an extreme reaction to a nightmare situation. Deep in the dark lonely hole of grief, I was desperate to find something good in the world. Something to busy my mind. My hands.…