Our growing season is very short. It might just be 100 days, plus our summers tend to be on the cooler side. At the end of the short summer, there are usually still many green tomatoes. Thankfully, tomatoes ripen nicely after already being harvested. Here is how to ripen green tomatoes ...
Garden Update – Fall 2017 on Video
Another great summer is coming to an end. Here is a fall 2017 garden update for our no dig garden in Alberta, Canada. If you have followed our garden update videos you will know it was a good season in the garden. Overall it seemed just a few degrees above average. That made a huge difference for ...
How to Freeze Greens
Dark, leafy greens are so healthy and great in green smoothies and in hearty dishes. You want to make sure to have them available year round. It is really easy to do so by preserving them! Here is a how-to freeze greens. What greens can be frozen? I'm pretty sure all edible greens can be ...
Lecho Canned Bell Peppers Recipes
Lecho, Letscho, leczo, or лечо is a popular canned Bell Peppers Recipe in eastern Europe. Just like with all traditional dishes there are many versions of it. I too make different canned lecho recipe versions for winter. We enjoy lecho as a side dish to any dinner, but a classic is to serve it ...
Plant Based Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce
Spaghetti bolognese sauce from scratch has been a favourite simple meal of ours for years. Now we also make it plant-based and love it even more. It is a bit more work than to just opening a jar, but it's so worth it. After all, if you make it from scratch you know exactly what you get - all healthy ...
Growing Overwintering Spinach in Cold Climate
Spinach is one of my favourite greens to grow in the garden, for so many reasons. It is the first crop to plant and to harvest in spring, it stays alive over the winter, and it needs no extra space in the garden. In this post we share with you a video that I made in the course of a year. There ...
Canning Homemade Tomato Salsa
We love homemade salsa and go through many jars every year. There are so many recipes to choose from. This recipe is the Zesty Salsa from Bell that I converted to grams. It uses only homegrown vegetables, no canned food added. Why have a recipe in grams and not in cups? Measurements in cups ...
Garden Update – Summer 2017 on Video
It is mid summer here at Northern Homestead – July 20, 2017. Everything is growing and ripening nicely. Today we want to take you on a tour through our garden in this summer garden update on video. You will see many flowers that are still blooming. You can read more about our perennial favourites ...
Tomato Root Rot
Growing tomatoes is fun, and we grow lots every year. However, it gets difficult when plants develop diseases; the growing season is pretty much over if that disease is deadly. Tomato root rot is one of them. What is tomato root rot Tomato root rot is just what the name says, the roots of the ...
Why do Tomatoes Crack and Split as they Ripen
A friend sent me this picture with a question: Hi Anna, do you know what's wrong with my tomatoes??? :( Admittedly, it looks rather scary, but it actually is just a cracked fruit. Here you will find answers as to why tomatoes crack and split as they ripen, how to prevent it, and what to do with ...
