(Updated Nov 1st, 2021) I grew up in the countryside, where eating locally was as simple as going out to the garden to pick a tomato. I learned about edible wilds walking through the fields at Grandpa’s farm. Could this really have been 50 years ago? Nearly 40 years ago I was visiting my grandpa […]

One day several years ago, I was admiring the fresh fruit at our local farmers' market.  There were these odd looking cherries that caught my eye.  They weren’t the large dark sweet cherries I’d grown used to; they were small, and sort of translucent pale red.  And they weren’t firm, they were squishy. The farmer […]

February is a most wonderful month. Because of the LIGHT! Gone are the dark days of November and December. It is colder, yes. Minus 31ºC at my house sometimes, but brighter than those grey days of late autumn. At long last, the SUN returns! At six in the morning there are already hints of daybreak […]

Updated January 3, 2022 Mostly I am a homebody. Why wouldn’t I be? I live in a cozy little cottage in the forest, with a big beautiful lake for my front yard. If I didn’t have so much work to do — painting window frames, replacing the dock the ice took out, repairing the roof […]

If you have an immaculate weed-free garden, you are missing out on some of the best vegetables ever grown! If you are relaxed enough to let a few weeds find a bit of sunshine between the tomatoes, you are in luck! Chances are very good that the weeds in your garden are good to eat. […]