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Looking Ahead 24 Jul 2013 | 06:54 pm
You'd think winter would be the furthest thing from my mind in the middle of July. Here in Toronto we just survived our first heat wave of the summer and it was a doozy- temperatures in the mid 30's w...
Where Does the Time Go? 5 Jun 2013 | 02:47 am
I realized on the last day of May, that the month had gotten by me without having done a single post! No welcome to May Day, (which was lovely and warm this year) no updates from the garden (slow to s...
Raising the Beds 23 Apr 2013 | 08:19 pm
Like most people, every year I feel the need to improve my gardens; to grow more and have better results that I did the previous year. Last year I extended the backyard garden right to the edge of th...
Garlic Sprouts in the Snow 12 Apr 2013 | 02:11 am
See those little spiky things sticking out of the snow? Those are my poor little garlics shivering in the ground. Lured out by warmer weather and tons of rain we've been having, I sure hope they can w...
Spring? 20 Mar 2013 | 08:25 pm
If I see that ground hog, he's dead! Spring arrived at 7:02 this morning but you wouldn't know by the weather. Seems like we have a few more days of snow and cold to get through before we'll see anyt...
Boxes of Goodness! 28 Feb 2013 | 11:09 pm
Last month FarmGal wrote about having some of her farm raised lamb for sale and I lamented that I wished I lived closer so I could purchase some. She immediately emailed me about the possibility of sh...
Homesteading skills list 28 Feb 2013 | 01:02 am
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Canadian Doomer posted the original list on her site and others have added to it. Farm Gal did her link here The ones in bold are the tasks ...
Winter Garden 15 Feb 2013 | 02:59 am
Add caption Like the weather, the greenhouse has seen some ups and downs this winter. It was the first year I've tried to maintain a number of different projects inside and some of the plans worked b...
Won't Be Long Now! 12 Feb 2013 | 12:04 am
We've been on a weather rollercoaster this winter! January saw highs of 15 C one week and overnight lows of minus 21 c the next. Three days ago we were hit with that big snow storm which dumped a go...
$10 Challenge Week 3 20 Jan 2013 | 10:51 pm
I had to think twice about which week this was, since I've only started posting about this challenge last week, but it's actually the end of the third week. Of course, looking at the calendar, there's...
