Some seed packets have a wealth of information on them and some seed packets are bare bones. What does all the wording and numbers on the seed package mean? The year is when the seeds were packaged. 2020 means it was packaged last year. The yellow box contains information on planting. A tip for planting…
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The 3 Markets
The two markets I attend are very different from each other and selling from my garden is different from markets. On my website I have maps and descriptions of where my various markets are and where you can find my garden. I’m open at my garden Tuesday and Friday 1-8 pm, and Sunday 1-6 pm….
Garlic Scapes 101 and Recipes.
What are garlic scapes and how do you use them? If you grow hardneck garlic and have planted it in the fall in July you’ll start seeing these weird loops. These loops are called garlic scapes. If the scapes are not harvested they form a flower or bulbils. Inside these bulbils are “seeds” and they…
Winter Squashes 101
Butternut: I grow 3 different varieties of butternuts: a butternut that gets huge and weight over 9 lbs. These are perfect for pureeing and freezing so you have squash for use through the year or cube and freeze. Butternuts also are nice in fall displays. I’m trying for my third year to grow a butternut…
My Greek Salad Recipe
Ingredients: Cherry Tomatoes Feta Cheese Cucucumbers Olives Greek and Feta Dressing I don’t measure my ingredients. I just mix up all my ingredients in a soup bowl. I keep adding ingredients till full. A general idea for one person would be 1 slicer cucumber, 1 cup cherry tomatoes (at farmers’ markets they often come in…
Time for a Corny Joke
Sweet Corn and tomatoes are two of my favorite veggies. I also love Indian corn. My dad loves telling children that he hand paints each kernel. In Manitoba sweet corn is ready in August and Indian corn is ready in September. There are a few different types of corn: sweet dent flint popcorn flour pod…
I don’t Cook!!
Really, I don’t cook and no I’m not starving and yes I do know how to cook. So than the question is why don’t I cook? Cooking for one is not fun and having 5 cats makes cooking difficult. So what do you eat? In summer time I love Greek salad, nuked potatoes, eating raw…
Throw it all in!
I’m a third generation market gardener and the gardening gene/DNA can probably be traced to the beginning of my ancestors. I’m part of 3 gardening Facebook groups and sometimes the simplest questions have me stumped. When I garden I’m on auto pilot, my motto is “I know, therefore I do”. I don’t really think about…
Scape? What’s a Scape?
It’s the start of garlic season in Manitoba and there’s tons of questions on Facebook about what garlic scapes are. This kind of scape is not a scape goat, this scape is delicious in many different ways. How to use scapes? Pesto, Relish , in stir fries, Pickled Scapes (this recipes is for beans, so…
Gourds
My favorite question is: can you eat gourds? I’m sure you could, but you’re teeth might not appreciate biting into them. Gourds are used as decorations for Thanksgiving, fall, and Halloween decorating. I love growing gourds, as you never know what you’re going to get. When picking the gourds it’s like going on an Easter…
Pumpkinist Lora 