Trick ‘r Treat, Smell my Feet
My question of the day is, “Is this the best of times or the worst of times?” I’m so confused! Somedays I look around at what LOML and I have and completely feel as if this is “the best of times” for us. On the very same day I think about all of the people […]
Easy and quick
Bread pudding is an easy, quick dessert that is warm and comforting. My son likes it with chocolate; sometimes I make it with banana and chocolate milk. Last week I made one with dark chocolate and raspberries. I also enjoy savoury bread puddings like blue cheese with roast beef or ham and Gruyere cheese. My […]
Brewing Witches
There is a saying that in order to make wine, you need a lot of beer. That is because most winemakers, at the end of a long day of harvest work, will reach for a cold beer as they kick their feet up to rest and recover. As harvest corresponds with Halloween (at least in […]
A little spice
My son Jake is obsessed with Harissa paste. He tasted it for the first time this summer and has been putting it in everything. He makes an aioli with it, on omelets, and stirs it in his pasta. I wanted a spicy chicken dish so I put this recipe together for dinner and he loved […]
The Earth is good to me
It’s Sunday. I’m writing this column while watching a newsmagazine show. Last week we celebrated Thanksgiving with those in our family who could make the trip to the County. Today, one week later, the house is quiet. I am thankful for the chaos a weekend with family brings and I am thankful for the quiet […]
A weekend of thanks
Thanksgiving weekend usually signals the beginning of the end of the farm stand. There is still loads of fresh produce filling the shelves, but they will be emptying more than filling and with the hard frost we had last week there is going to be a lot less picking and harvesting. By the end of […]
Flip the script
BTW, I do have an opinion about what happened at Picton’s Tim Hortons a week or so ago. Yes I do. For most of the years I when I was working full-time, many of the settings/workplaces I worked in were culturally diverse. In my early years of my career, I worked in Toronto for a […]
Hydrangea confusion
It’s now been four years since I started hosting a small radio call-in show for gardeners looking for help with their outdoor spaces. So far, it has not only been an amazing experience for me, the phone lines have been jammed from the moment the show starts until the final credits. The radio show has […]
Questions for fall
It’s definitely time for me to answer some reader questions. These three questions seem to be the hot ones for fall this year when it comes to indoor and outdoor plant care. “My cedars are turning brown from the inside. Are they dying and what can I do to save them?” Good news, you don’t […]
Everything Old is New Again
October just happened to show up! And, last week, I had a few light-bulb moments. Maybe October is the month for me to shine. I do have light-bulb moments every once in a while. Last week was the most bulbous of all of the light-bulb moments for me. First of all, I think I spend […]