Want to find out how to build a greenhouse? Since we live in a cooler climate, we NEED to grow tomatoes and peppers under covers and a greenhouse works perfectly for us. Although we can't grow enough tomatoes to preserve a lot of tomato sauce, we can fit enough plants in here for fresh eating. There's nothing better than picking cherry tomatoes right off the vine and popping them into my … [Read more...]
Canning Sauerkraut
Ever wondered how to can Sauerkraut so you can enjoy it all winter long? Recently I wrote about our Cabbage harvest and using some of it to make Sauerkraut. It's an easy way to preserve some cabbage and Graham loves it along with perogies and sausages. Here's how to make your own Sauerkraut. After leaving the kraut in the crock for a couple of weeks and checking it often, I scooped a bit out … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic – Part 4 Knowing Which Cloves to Replant
Here's the fourth (and last) installment in the Growing Garlic series. Part 1 can be found here; Part 2 here; Part 3 here. When I wrote about harvesting Garlic, I mentioned that I sort my bulbs when I harvest - nice big bulbs get hung together, while the smaller bulbs get hung together with the other small ones. These bulbs will be eaten over the Winter (Spring & Summer too, because I plant … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic – Part 3 Harvesting Garlic
Your Garlic has now been growing all spring and summer. You've removed the Garlic Scape that is on each plant. Right about now, you are probably quite curious as to when to get your garlic out of the ground. You want to see how big those bulbs are! Here's the third installment on Growing Garlic Part 1 was an overview of Growing Garlic and Part 2 was How to Pickle Garlic … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic Part 2 – How to Make Pickled Garlic Scapes
Here's the second installment on Growing Garlic. If you missed the first one, or want to read over it again, here it is. In the first post, I gave an overview about the process involved with growing Garlic. It's one of the easiest garden vegetables to grow. Here in the Cariboo, the Garlic Scapes come on hot and heavy in early August. Since we have almost 300 garlic plants in the garden, we … [Read more...]
Growing Garlic – Part 1
Garlic is so very healthy for us to eat. It doesn't hurt that it's pretty easy to grow on a small scale as well. Garlic takes up such a small space that you can either plant a big bed of it in a corner of your garden or tuck a dozen plants into a pot and keep it on your deck. In our climate (cold winters) we plant our Garlic in the very early Fall around mid-September. If you live in … [Read more...]
Seed Starting Schedule
At this time of year, my mind starts to fixate on seeds for the upcoming garden. Not that I can do anything about it; it is way too early for me to get any seedlings started indoors. I do, however, check my seed starting schedule to see when I can get those first seeds started. Sometimes I will feed my urge and start some perennial flowers and that helps a bit. But … [Read more...]
Baking Your Halloween Pumpkin!
What do you do with your Halloween pumpkin once the day passes? Some people toss them into their compost pile, others simply throw them in the garbage can. But why not think about baking your Halloween pumpkin? Some communities have a Pumpkin road, some long road out in the outskirts where people bring all their Pumpkins to dot the sides of the roads. That … [Read more...]
Random Pictures of Busy Busy Days
We have been hopping here in the Valley. Sure, we take the time to sit on the porch and just relax, but our days are quite full. It's a busy time of the year here, the Garden is producing like mad (a good thing). I'll get back to writing regular posts just as soon as I can. Until then, please bear with us - our fingers are busy doing other things than typing, it seems! The Gman looked … [Read more...]
