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27/06/2026

It’s one of my favourite days of the year — haskap picking day!

These little blue gems might look like elongated blueberries, but they’re actually haskaps (also called honeyberries): tart‑sweet, antioxidant‑packed berries that thrive in cool northern climates.

They’re incredible in jams, smoothies, or straight off the bush — bursting with flavour that’s somewhere between a blueberry and a raspberry, with a hint of wildness that tastes like summer itself.

Here’s to fresh picking days, purple‑stained fingers, and the joy of gathering food that’s as beautiful as it is nourishing. 💜

14/06/2026

New home office, but make it second‑hand magic. The vintage desk and pad were a Kijiji freebie, the chair came from the Habitat Re‑Store, and the rug… well, that was my one “treat yourself” moment. Total cost, including gas to haul the world’s heaviest desk: $130.

Second pic is my newest project — an old tractor tire rim that’s about to become a front‑porch planter. Now I’m torn between keeping the rust and character or giving it a fresh coat.

Here’s to second‑hand living, creative reuse, and the thrill of turning old things into something worth loving again. Paint… or not?

07/06/2026

There’s something special about cooking in a pot that already feels like it has a story. I found this bean pot tucked away on a thrift‑store shelf, still in its box, like it had been waiting for the right kitchen to land in.

Today it finally earned its keep with a batch of vegetarian baked beans—made completely from scratch, the way they were meant to be.

Most of the magic happens quietly in the oven: hours of gentle bubbling, deepening flavors, and that warm, homey smell filling the whole house. Hardly any hands‑on work, just a little prep and a lot of trust in time. It’s the kind of cooking that asks you to slow down right along with it.

Here’s to slow food, cozy kitchens, and the joy of bringing old‑school cooking back to life—one pot, one thrifted treasure, one warm bowl at a time.

03/06/2026

Progress in the raspberry patch and the trellises are officially up!

One bed is Prelude, our early red raspberry, and the other is Royalty, a late‑bearing black raspberry to stretch the season.

Companions are settling in—borage, anise hyssop, giant hyssop, and walking onions—building a little berry ecosystem.

Also: we definitely planted them way too close to the kid‑traffic path. The nieces and nephews are about to become professional foragers. 😂🍓

11/05/2026

Just returned from an incredible first week at the Sacred Gardener School in Golden Lake, Ontario.

Session 1 of 4: Back to the Land — Wild Food 🌿

Five full days living outside in the cold, cooking, learning, harvesting, and reconnecting.

My little tent + chair became home, and that basket of burdock root, stinging nettle, and dandelion felt like treasure.

Feeling grounded, grateful, and wildly alive.

01/05/2026

Unboxed a fresh batch of fruit bushes for the homestead today, and it feels like adding new life to the land. Shrub cherries, currants, Saskatoons, and two kinds of raspberries — hardy little plants that thrive on simple care and a good patch of soil. The home orchard keeps stretching its roots a little farther every season, and there’s something honest about that slow, steady growth. Growing your own fruit is easier than folks think; plant it once, tend it a bit, and it’ll feed you for decades. Nothing fancy, just real food from your own ground 🌿🍒

27/04/2026

Spring brings back familiar friends — and this year, the ramps were especially generous. 🌱

We came across a huge, thriving patch, and with gratitude (and a lot of restraint), we harvested just a small number of bulbs along with some leaves. Ethical foraging means reading the landscape: when a patch is massive and healthy, taking a tiny portion can be sustainable, especially when most plants are left untouched to keep the colony strong.

A modest basket became a jar of bright green ramp pesto, and the forest kept its abundance. Wild foods like ramps remind us that stewardship isn’t about never harvesting — it’s about harvesting with intention, humility, and a long term view of the seasons still to come. 🌿

19/04/2026

Our Russian Swirl community grow‑out is off to a beautifully strong start. We’ve got 27 thriving seedlings, each one freshly potted into rich organic veggie & herb soil — slow, steady, regenerative growth in action.

🌿 Grower Tip
When you pot up tomatoes (or plant them out later), plant them deep — right up to the first set of true leaves. Tomatoes can grow roots along any buried part of their stem, which means deeper planting gives them:
- a stronger, more extensive root system
- better access to moisture and nutrients
- greater stability in wind and weather

Deep planting = resilient tomatoes from the ground up.

🌞 Stay tuned through the season for more updates, photos, and regenerative growing tips!

28/03/2026

This year, we’re thrilled to be participating in the Seeds of Diversity Community Grow-Out Program—a Canada-wide initiative dedicated to preserving rare and heirloom plant varieties. By growing them out, saving seeds, and sharing them back, gardeners across the country help protect biodiversity and keep unique varieties thriving for future generations.

🍅 Our chosen variety: Dwarf Russian Swirl tomatoes
Compact, colourful, and full of flavour, this open-pollinated tomato is known for its beautiful marbled skin and rich, balanced taste. Perfect for small spaces and big tomato lovers.

We’ll be sharing regular updates all season long—from sprouting to harvest to seed-saving—so follow along and see how this little tomato adventure unfolds. 🌱✨

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