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Hello all and welcome to smoky British Columbia. There are hundreds of wildfires burning all over the province and the wind blew the smoke in our direction. The smell of smoke is very strong and the sun is struggling to shine through the haze. We've had a steady stream of beans and peas these past … Continue reading August in Our Garden
As July comes to a close, we picked our first beans and potatoes today! And a couple of peas : We're having roast pork tonight and these will be perfect! Also picked our first black chili pepper and the herbs just keep on coming - there's chamomile, strawberry mint, rosemary and basil parsley, sage, lavender … Continue reading July in Our Garden – Our First Haul!
We've been walking for 20 - 30 minutes every day for about 3 weeks now and I've lost about 1/2 a dress size! I have no idea what I've lost in pounds because my scale broke and I haven't replaced it yet. Not sure if I even want to because then I become obsessed about … Continue reading My (Almost) Vegetarian Life
The dog-food experiment has been a great success! To read more about that, click here. Once a week, I load up the slow cooker with all the scraps, leftovers and cheap meat that I save for them in a big plastic container in the fridge. To this I add water and cook for 6 hours. … Continue reading My (Almost) Vegetarian Life
Everything is thriving in our vegetable garden. I'm surprised because I'm not quite sure what I'm doing - haha. To read about our garden from the beginning, click here I fed everything with blood meal a few days ago and added a layer of mulch over the weekend to keep the moisture in and the … Continue reading July in Our Garden
As June comes to a close, I can't believe how fast everything's grown in just 3 short weeks - to read the last post on this, click here. The vegetables are twice the size now and we've had to add extra stakes to the beans and a place for the peas to climb Hubby finished … Continue reading June in our Garden – A Fence, Strawberries and a Baby Bear
Summer has arrived very quietly here in Halfmoon Bay. The days are cool-ish and pleasant. Our vegetable garden is growing by the minute! It won't be long until we will be eating our own home-grown food. To read more about our vegetable garden, click here. There's nothing like the taste of fresh, home-grown vegetables. … Continue reading My (Almost) Vegetarian Life
It's only been 2 weeks since we planted our vegetable garden, (to read more about that, click here.) and already everything has just shot up. The garden now looks like this from this The potatoes are growing like weeds and I've been planting store-bought butter lettuces in between the potatoes which are growing beautifully. We've … Continue reading June in Our Garden
Hi everybody, A year or so ago, we found this chair next to a dumpster and I just knew I had to take it home We bought some material and re-covered it - you can read about that here - and ended up with this Which we loved. Buuut, our cats and a house-move later took … Continue reading 24-Hour Project – Old Chair Upcycle (again)
I used to make my own dog food and my own dog treats and then things got hectic and I stopped doing it. Instead, I bought what I thought was the healthiest dry food for my dogs. It cost me an arm and a leg and couple of toes, but I soon came to the … Continue reading My (Almost) Vegetarian Life – Reducing my Carbon Footprint
