Some of the best advice given to me when I first started growing my own food was “Never Let the Mint Out!” As if it were a monster hiding in the closet.. how bad could it be? Being someone who needs to learn lessons the hard way, I planted two […]
Monthly Archives: July 2013
One day when I was a little girl, playing dress-up in grandma’s room, I came across a little glass bottle labeled “Rosewater”. My grandma had lots of interesting things.. jewellery of all shapes and colours, hats for all occasions, and a drawer full of furry things I’d rather not think […]
Rosewater
Kennie loves his garlic… as much as Laddie loves his bones…. and like Laddie and his bones, Kennie has garlic buried in every corner.. Lucky for him, I love garlic too.. My favorite part is the tender Scape that grows from the Garlic plant. To get a bigger bulb […]
Pickled Garlic Scapes
All the roses seem to be blooming, and the smell that travels with the breeze was so beautiful that I wanted to capture it in a jar… so I did. I made some Rose Petal Jelly. I started by picking a healthy bowl of rose petals.. one of my first […]