http://www.locavore.ca digesting local organic food and culture Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:11:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Covered head to toe in a veritable space suit and feeling very chilled out and curious, I recently had my first encounter with honeybees. My friend Stacey has two colonies that take up residence in the green twin towers at the top of Cathy and Kaj's market garden near Erin. ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=839 I love mustard. And not the cheap stuff. When my taste buds were young I slapped bright yellow French's on hot dogs and nothing else. It was a match made in heaven. During high school I gravitated to honey mustard (oh mon deiu!) and then onto even stickier German styles. But ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=834 :: plunging (calmly) into beekeeping :: this most amazing gospel tune - getting major play here and sending shivers down my spine at the 2:43 mark :: fancy new bristle paint brushes and acrylic paints in fun colours like yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and crimson :: this striking flower - one of ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=826 "Let's try an experiment.  Pick up a coin. Imagine that it represents the object which you are grasping.  Hold it tightly, clutched in your fist and extend your arm, with the palm of your hand facing the ground.  Now if you let go or relax your grip, you will lose ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=825 This is the product of four months growth in my 2.5 acre field. Looks like a lot of grain, no?! I should have taken a handful to separate further and test as porridge but I was just gob-smacked at the sight of so much grain, harvested so quickly from my ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=818 I've been adding almost daily to overflowing baskets of ruby red Juliets. Friends and family are sent home with armfuls. Neighbors who stroll past me watering my flower beds in the evening ask me about my tomatoes and I send them home with handfulls too. These red fruit have brought ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=814 THE GOOD: my friends, neighbours and I have been feasting on tomatoes from my garden for the last two weeks. THE BAD: Two weeks ago I also noticed the first stages of early blight on a few of my plants. THE UGLY: It spread like wildfire and quickly engulfed almost every ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=809 :: little European touches around Gothic Cottage that make me feel like I'm France or Germany - I just need fresh croissants :: speaking of patisserie, breakfast al fresco with Charentais musk melon and Ritter Sport complementing the French/German patio experience :: Gladiolas from Cathy and Kaj's market garden - these eccentric ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=795 I've been thrown a slew of curve balls recently. Living solo on a farm has certainly tested my resourcefulness. It's been incredibly empowering to rise to challenges without getting frustrated or discouraged. But when challenges pile up into a toppling mass, well, sometimes I wonder how I can possibly manage ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=793 This charming wee fellow gave me a start when I was puttering around the garden last Wednesday evening. I was headed toward the mass of uprooted pea plants when the luminescent guy (a leopard frog?) jumped in front of my path into the pile of pea sticks. I've had toads visit ... http://www.locavore.ca/?p=787