The Giant Chard, Part 2
One of our giant chards bolted, turning it into an absolute monster of a plant. All good things eventually come to an end though, and the giant chard had reached […]
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Category Archives: Gardening
Our Tour of the Butchart Gardens
As promised last week, here’s my other favourite shots from our trip to the Butchart Gardens. These little birds were everywhere, and they all stopped to yell at Suki. One […]
Taking Dogs to the Butchart Gardens?
Outside of North America most first-world countries are pretty dog-friendly. Or as I like to say: Why can’t we take our dogs to restaurants like the civilized people do? Victoria […]
A Week of Photos, July 22-28
There’s something lovely about artsy photos of garden spaces with the sun filtering in, tinging the photo golden… Oh, wait. This is why we can’t have nice things. She’s eating […]
The Chard is Taking Over
Okay so doing a google search for giant swiss chard shows me this thing isn’t going to set any records, but it’s still pretty big. I have big hands and […]
The Project That Has Been Three Years in the Making (But Really Shouldn’t Have Been)
We did it. We finally have raised garden beds. Now that we’ve actually built these suckers neither of us can figure out why it took us so long to just […]
A Summary of 2016 and a Look Toward 2017
I am extremely late to this. We visited J’s family in Alberta this year and didn’t get back until the 30th, at which point we had to spend all our […]
Dwarf Blauwschokkers Pea Plant
This is a fun little plant. Originating in Holland, it produces deep purple flowers on bright green, dwarfed vines. The flowers then produce even deeper purple pods. Last year I […]
Garden Plans
This year I ordered most of my seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom. They have so many cool varieties available. I already have radish sprouts, kale, spinach, and does anyone remember […]
