Canadian Organic Growers

September 23, 2006

(Note: This entry originally published on You Grow Girl’s “The Dirt”.) My husband and I recently joined a local organic community garden, and were pleased to find when we paid our seasonal rate for the plot, that we had also acquired membership in Canadian Organic Growers–the national information network for organic gardeners, farmers and consumers. [...]

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Foraging in the City

September 17, 2006

(Note: This entry originally published on You Grow Girl’s “The Dirt”.) 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 [...]

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Mortgage Lifter

September 4, 2006

Ate the first of the mortgage lifter tomatoes this morning. It was incredible. I actually said to Graham that if I was ever going to have a religious experience, it would probably come as a result of eating one of these tomatoes right off the vine. It was a very juicy tomato, with a rich [...]

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Entering the Fall Fair

August 28, 2006

(Note: This entry originally published on You Grow Girl’s “The Dirt”.) Last year we visited the Uxbridge Fall Fair and I especially enjoyed looking at all the fruits and vegetables that were entered into the fair. I’m thinking of entering this year. These are the categories I’m considering: Pepper – hot, 3 on a plate…Scotch [...]

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Garden Party!

August 14, 2006

Farmgirl wrote about a garden party happening so I decided to visit it! Here’s are some photos of my vegetable garden, which will now be part of the tour. I really do need to take some more photos, since these were taken a couple of weeks ago. It’s amazing how much can change out there [...]

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