This Week’s Inspiration
Yesterday I posed the question, What is inspiring your edible garden this year? I think it is only fair that I join in and divulge my current inspirations for the 2010 growing season.
I saw this 
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Yesterday I posed the question, What is inspiring your edible garden this year? I think it is only fair that I join in and divulge my current inspirations for the 2010 growing season.
I saw this Foodcycles
Back in August 2009 my friend Laura asked me if I wanted to take a quick jaunt out to the burbs to take some pictures of the Foodcycles farm.
At the time we had Experiencing Fresh Cacao: The Sequel
Two years ago I wrote about my disappointing experience eating fresh cacao in Cuba. Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is the tree that chocolate comes from. The fruit is a big pod that forms directly on the trunk Stevie, Not Wonder
My epic trip has come to an end and I've been back in the freezing north for a few days. Brrr.... It's time now to begin processing the experience for myself as well as find a Making Sorrel with Fresh Hibiscus
Sorrel or rum punch (sorrel spiked with rum) is a popular, refreshing drink in the Caribbean, especially during the holiday season.
Knowing this, I was particularly excited to get to the market and get my hands on Let’s Learn About the Historical Origins of Herbs, Fruits and Vegetables
Have you ever heard of sea cabbage, a wild cousin of the domesticated brassicas? Did you know that edible bananas are a primitive plant thought to be related to some of the first trees of the primeval forest?
I didn't either until Two Inspiring Cookbooks “Moro East” and “The Kitchen Diaries”
A few months back I decided not to do reviews anymore. Not that I did many in the first place, but the decision lifted a huge load off of my shoulders. It's the difference A One-Pot Garden Scraps Meal
Before I came down with the Great Attack of the TIFF Flu 2009 (named as such because the worst part coincided with the Toronto International Film Festival) a lot of our meals looked like some version of Snack Foods for the Apocalypse
This is how I see canning: making snack foods for the apocalypse. Because in truth, with the exception of the plain tomato jars and sauces, many of the items I put up tend to be condiments, pickles, Let’s Make Tiny Vaginas, Each One Beautiful & Unique
And make our own edible version of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party!
There has been a long and harried internal debate raging in my brain for days over that title. I have avoided making this post, worried ‘Mini Purplette’ Onions
Every year I go a little nuts growing large crops of onions such as 'Egyptian Walking' over at my community garden plot.
Onions grow easily in the ground, but they tend to take up a Grow Great Grub
As I mentioned earlier today it's been a L O N G year. Actually, it's been a long year and a half. Or two years. Where am I?
I've mentioned it briefly here and there but was A Word to the Water-wise: Irrigate Well
The following article was printed over the weekend as a part of my food gardening series in The Globe & Mail. Summer has been a late arrival around these parts -- heavy rains and thunderstorms have Roof Garden Tour (June 2009)
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I'm long overdue to present a mini roof garden tour this year, let alone a garden tour of any kind. As always I'm behind, which inevitably leads to thoughts that things The Dirt on Soil
My most recent Globe & Mail food gardening article is up on the website. This week's topic was on how to get good soil whether you're growing in-ground or in containers.
It looks like the READ MORE...Spring Ramps
Ramps, aka wild leeks, are a wild North American onion-like plant that pop up in forested areas in early-mid spring. The season for ramps is short, typically no more than a few weeks between April and Stinging Nettle Tea
In my world, foraging goes hand-in-hand with gardening. Maybe it's because the compulsion to do both comes from the same place in my brain (a fascination with the natural world and an interest in knowing how things Experiments in Garlic Growing
Before I begin, a confession: I did not plant garlic last fall. You are horrified. You are storming away from this website in horror.
Allow me to explain / make excuses. I managed to harvest Together, Let’s Fight the Spread of Invasive Garlic Mustard (and Eat it Too)
Another spring and a new crop of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is setting up camp for the season. We found a few small plants in the street garden cleanup last week and several at the community Let’s Start a Community Garden
I've been getting a lot of questions recently from people looking to start a community garden in their neighborhood. What I've included below is by no means a definitive guide, since there are lots of publications on
