We have been growing a garden at friend's farm for many years, and we're very thankful for the opportunity. Over the years we kind of figured out how much we need of something, like one row of potatoes or one third of a row of carrots. But how many potatoes is a row? So, this year we started to make ...
Garden update – August 30, 2013
Summer is almost over and with it the garden season. Once again, we are thankful for all that has grown and ripened - delicious, homegrown garden goodies. Even though we already had our first frost warning, the frost thankfully did not come to our town. Right now the forecast looks really good, so ...
Garden update – July 25, 2013
You probably have heard the saying that foods that look like body parts are good for those body parts. Like walnuts and brain, or celery and bones. Not sure if it is true, but recently my hubby talked a lot about beans. He even asked me to make the very same bean soup that he had asked me kindly ...
Whole grain Rollkuchen or Krebli
Rollkuchen or also called Krebli is a very traditional deep-fried food. The recipe comes from somewhere in Western Europe and is very popular with Mennonites. Krebli is rich food and messy to prepare, but so, so good. In the summer they are traditionally served with watermelons - hmm yummy. Or in ...
The Weather we are dealing with
It is a beautiful morning here. Blue sky, enjoyable warm; a good summer day. But, check this out, something is wrong here isn't it? I mean it is July 11th, its mid summer and tonight the temperature has been forecasted to go down to 4 degrees Celsius. Yep that is very close to freezing. One ...
Garden Update – June 26, 2013
In last year's June garden update I said that June seems to be the most challenging month for gardening: cold, wet, and lots of weeds. Well, I still think that last year's garden was doing better than this year's. We have had more rain than our land could bear. So many in our area have lost ...
Yeah, Tomatoes, Peppers and Eggplants are in the Ground – May 16, 2013
My little plants had grown a lot and were so ready to go into the ground. And at a nice rainy spring day like today it seemed like a perfect day to do it. On sunny days it gets very hot in the empty greenhouse --- too much stress for the transplants. The weather was perfect and the plants were ready ...
Planning and Planting the Garden – May 9, 2013
It is early spring here, even though it feels more like a summer day. I do not recall ever planting my first cold weather crop in such warm weather. After a long snowy winter God granted us a beautiful spring. Our grass is green and the trees are getting green too - so nice! However, I am not ...
Yummy Whole Grain Kaiserschmarrn
Last night I was at a fun bridal shower and we got to talk with some ladies about all the comfort foods like crepes, pancakes, waffles, etc. One of my favourites in this category is kaiserschmarrn, but the ladies did not know about that so I promised to post the recipe. Kaiserschmarrn ("Kaiser" ...
Dave, an Enthusiastic Northern Fruits and Berry Grower
Dave is a fellow gardening enthusiast from central Alberta who writes an interesting AlbertaHomeGardening blog. Would you believe that plums, grapes, and kiwis grow just outside of Red Deer, Alberta? They do, Dave has proven it. There is a whole world of hardy fruit plants that can survive and even ...
