I’ve worked hard for this blog. I’ve seen it grow for three years now. I went from all the time in the world, no job, taking care of a small town house and a small baby….to looking after 3/4 of an acre of yard and gardens, a three bedroom house, two crazy kids, two […]
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Happy New Year everybody! It’s that time of year again…time to start anew. Time to put away the last of last year’s clutter and start with a clean slate. Around here, the first day of the year is reserved solely for recovery. Both for the house and for ourselves. Although this year, with the crazy
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Seeing as the crisp fall weather has definitely made it’s way into our neck of the woods, it’s been a bit of a maelstrom of baking around here. There’s just something about cooler weather that makes me just want to wrap myself in layers of soft clothing, crank up the oven and just continuously bake every day. I don’t seem to
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We have two pear trees in our backyard. And two apple trees. This makes for a lot of fruit that is either falling on the ground ready to be eaten immediately or fruit that hangs precariously at eye level, teasing us with it’s ridiculously long ripening times. The pears are everywhere, I can’t keep up. The
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The first day of fall. Most years I look forward to this day like no other. The crisp air, the falling leaves in a rainbow of colours, the last (and best) of the seasons harvest, the smoky scent in the breeze, the rain, big sweaters, chunky boots and soft woolen scarves. This year though, I feel like I’ve
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Zucchinis. A gardener’s bane and a foodie’s dream? Or a gardener’s dream and a foodie’s nightmare? I like to look at it both ways. I love that a simple plant I barely need to even look at produces food every day. There is always at least one zucchini ready for me every day. On the other
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Sometimes the late summer bounty can be overwhelming. Take these plums. They come from a tree outside my kitchen (and living room) window. The tree must be 30 years old, at least and no one was around to prune it the last two years (before we moved in). Suffice it to say, the plums have a
Today’s post comes to us from Hélène of la Cuisine d’Hélène. Her beautiful blog used to be written from right here on Vancouver Island, but she now writes from the great city of Ottawa in Ontario. Hélène and I share many of the same passions such as eating seasonally and a love of farming, but we also love
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Today marks another guest post. This one comes to us from Laura of Gourmette NYC. Laura is a wordly traveller, adept at numerous languages, and makes a mean vinaigrette, according to her blog. New to the food blogging scene, Laura brings a knowledge of classic European foods as well as her own take on modern
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This week I’m kicking off five glorious days of peaches. You’ve got peaches on your counter? Fruit flies making a home in there? Well, I’ve got five delicious solutions for you. Today’s recipe is for an upside down peach and blackberry cobbler. So here’s the thought process behind this: I wanted a cobbler. Check. I
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