How to plan and grow a salad garden

growing lettuce in the garden

A salad garden is easy to plan and very rewarding to grow. This article was first written for and published on Earth, Food and Fire. It is the first section of the garden that is ready to harvest and will feed you the entire growing season. Now that is a garden worth growing! The great…

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Pickled Beets

It is easy to make flavourful Pickled Beets with this traditional pickling recipe. Beets are one of the most loved vegetables I grow. In every garden I have ever grown it is one of the items I plant the most heavily. Beets are a sturdy reliable option that is low maintenance and can be used…

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Pickled Radish Seed Pods

radish flowers

These Pickled Radish Seed Pods will become a pantry staple. Record Breaking Rain It has been the summer of rain. We broke a 50-year moisture record this year which, for a few reasons is great. The spring was met with many forest fires. Fire bans went up very early in the season, the moisture was…

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Lentil Mushroom Pate

This Lentil Mushroom Pate has incredible flavour featuring Canadian Lentils. Looking for an interesting appetizer for the Canadian Lentils contest I wanted to do something very different. The earthiness of mushrooms seemed like a natural paring with lentils, some shallots garlic and thyme with a hit of lemon was the perfect balance. It felt like…

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