June!?
We’re this close to tourist season! Yep, we’re so close we can smell the sunscreen and see the blistered shoulders of visitors. And, if you live here year-round, you know how especially difficult it can be to get around during the summer months. Each year the roads in the County are busier and busier. A […]
In my garden
In my garden this week, everything seems to have sprung up overnight. My asparagus patch is producing twice as much as last year, my chives and thyme are looking real fine. The garlic is two feet tall now and the fava beans are coming along. It’s been too cold to plant the tomatoes, but they […]
A tale of two Jacques
I still have the tie I was wearing when I was humbled about my wine knowledge. It wasn’t a super busy night in the restaurant, but it was busy enough to keep us moving at a good pace. Armed with my corkscrew and sense of hospitality, I approached the table and asked if I could […]
Slow cooker ribs
I bought a new slow cooker and had a craving for beef short ribs. I never buy them because they are so expensive and whenever I see them at the grocery store they are very sad looking for the price. Thin and fatty with more bone than beef. I prefer the thick English cut, which […]
Hosta myths
Arguably one of the most popular and probably the most used perennial in our gardens, hostas have become a landscaping staple. That said, there seems to be as many misconceptions about this plant as there are varieties. I recently attended a horticultural society meeting where two patrons got into a heated argument about when was […]
A special place on the fridge
Ahh, Sunday. When I was a working-outside-of-home Mom I absolutely dreaded Sunday. While Friday night and Saturday were hectic for me, on Sunday I was precious hours away from the workplace. Sunday meant another week of making lunches, making sure the kiddos had lots of clean socks and underwear, checking to see if all of […]
Here’s to the Mommy month of May
Mother’s Day! The first time I was really aware of Mother’s Day, in the truest sense of the day, I was about eight years old. I’m not sure what it was that fired in my brain, but I remember thinking the thing my mom must have wanted the most was a bouquet of flowers. It […]
Asparagus season
It’s asparagus season and I’m thrilled to be eating fresh from the ground asparagus. I’ve had two meals from my garden and several from my favourite asparagus grower, Doug, whose asparagus is just as handsome as he is. I had Mother’s Day off for the first time since I can’t even remember and Mom and […]
Seed vs. Sod
I recently received an abbreviated question from a reader and though that this is a problem many new homeowners struggle with. Hi Carson, My husband and I, along with our three hard-working teenage children, built our dream home (contracted it out ourselves) four years ago on a acre property in Cow Bay (20 minutes from […]
The Keys
The Gym Sisters had lunch together on Friday. As is often the case, we had no problem landing on a topic – or ten. One of the most poignant was a very, very short discussion about dementia. We three are in our eighth decade. Half past seventy for two of us and the “baby” Sister […]