Experiencing Fresh Cacao
On our third day in Cuba we took a trip organized by our hotel up into the Sierra Maestra mountains. There were a few different legs to the excursion, the first of which was a stop at around the halfway mark 
Category: Fruit
On our third day in Cuba we took a trip organized by our hotel up into the Sierra Maestra mountains. There were a few different legs to the excursion, the first of which was a stop at around the halfway mark Before and After - Strawberry Canister
This is what it looked like today. There was a third ripe strawberry this morning but a certain someone (hint: rhymes with Gavin) got to it before I could take some photos.
What it looked like at planting time a few weeks Strawberry Cocoa Mud
It's a scorcher out there today so I thought I'd share my recipe for a favourite summer refresher. I just came indoors after a full day out in the garden and this drink was exactly the right cool down treat.
Ingredients:
1 frozen banana, chopped
1 First Strawberry of the Season
We enjoyed our first ripe strawberry of the season this morning. Nothing beats the sweet, sweet deliciousness of an organic, homegrown strawberry. Strawberries are probably the easiest fruit to grow in containers and do very well in hanging baskets, strawberry pots, or window Cheap n’ Easy Container Idea - Strawberries and Violas
What to do with a lone strawberry plant leftover from another soon-to-be-revealed project, a small flat of red violas ($3.50 for 16 plants!), and an old coffee canister that was thrifted as part of a 70s era fake woodgrain 4 part kitchen canister set? Super Mega Deluxe Apple/Pear Pie (with Spelt Crust)
I promised this recipe months ago but alas my spontaneous, never-the-same-thing-twice cooking style makes recipe writing tricky. This is a good pie to make during the winter since apples and pears are the only local fruits still available at the farmer's market. Passionfruit
My passionflower vine grew a passionfruit! This may seem like small hat (or other small things) to those of you living in the warm, Southern regions of the world, but it's a BIG deal to a Northern gardener like me. I have Foraging in the City
This article in today's Toronto Star is interesting. It's about people harvesting from neglected or owner-less trees in the city.
It made me think about an apple tree that is sitting off the side of the exit ramp I take every day on my way home from
Cooking, Canning, and Putting Up Food
I've been busy canning and putting up food, so the updates here have been fewer than usual. Anyone notice? After all the labor and love I put into growing my babies, I refuse to let them go to waste. So besides taking baskets to friends, neighbors,
Blackberries
The blackberry bushes have been incredibly prolific at the Community Garden this year. I'd swear the plants have doubled in size, each vine exploding with fat, juicy fruit. I had thought that perhaps our cold winters curbed their invasiveness but I'm starting
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