Restaurant favourites
Whenever we go to a restaurant that has artichoke and spinach dip on the menu, my son will always order it. He loves it, and it is a great sharing appetizer. So when he wanted to buy a frozen product to have at a home, I told him I would show him how to make […]
Another door opens
When I received the email from Editor Tim Meeks that the County Weekly News newspaper (and other local weeklies) would no longer be published and that my County Seniors column was therefore no longer needed, I was devastated. I felt even worse later on when I learned that Postmedia was laying off both full-time and […]
Us and them
Well, Sunday was officially the first day of summer! Ain’t it a treat? Right now it’s not too hot and it’s not too cold. Just about as lovely as it could be out there. LOML and I decided to head over to the Picton Market and see “what’s what”. He and I aren’t really social […]
In my garden this week
French breakfast radishes all in a row. My husband says they are a pleasure to grow because they come up so fast it is instant gratification. I thinly sliced some radishes and ate them on fresh buttered baguette. A simple but delicious snack. Since this is the time of year when asparagus and strawberries are […]
Spring berries
I picked up my first strawberries last week at Van Grootheest farm stand. Thanks for the heads up Reg. They were delicious, of course. So sweet and yummy. I don’t know why I expect the first strawberries to be tart and not quite ripe. I didn’t expect any strawberries to be ready so soon, especially […]
Wineries
Imagine for a moment that provincial governments controlled grocery stores and decided to stock mostly imported beef because it generated higher margins than beef raised by Canadian ranchers. Most Canadians would probably be outraged. After all, we grow cattle here. We have farmers, processors, distributors, and rural communities that depend on that industry. While consumers […]
Albert’s letter
I received a letter recently from Albert, who has a very important question about sod that I felt I should share an excerpt from with you. “I have a rough area in my yard and was torn between seed, sod and hydroseeding. My friends out west call sod ‘poisonous strips of green death’ and advise […]
Lazy, Hazy, Bonfire Crazy
Do you remember what June was like when you were an elementary school kiddo? I do, especially the fourth grade at St. John’s in Weston. The anticipation of being set free on the very last day of classes was intoxicating for me. But I did love that last month of classes. I loved the special […]
Rose 101
It’s definitely the time of year to stop and smell the roses…mostly because they are at the beginning of their bloom cycle and it’s my first chance to enjoy them. Roses are grouped into 3 main classes, each with many varieties in them. These three groupings are Old Roses, Modern/Hybrids and Old/Species. The class of […]
Outrageously good
Oysters in Prince Edward Island have been devastated by two diseases that are only harmful to oysters. The mortality rate has been 100 per cent. This is terrible news for these oyster growers as it takes a good three years for oysters to grow from seed to oyster. In the meantime, they have no income. […]