Monthly Archives: June 2015

We are in the raspberry days of summer and have been picking a huge bowl every second day. Many don’t even make it into the bowl – they just go from branch to hand to mouth to stomach. Some days … Continue reading →

I can’t get enough of poppies. Currently two types of red ones are growing next to my driveway – regular red poppies and super-red poppies. I was going to select for the super-red poppies by pulling up  the regular ones, … Continue reading →

A few months ago I wrote about how The Man was going to convert some of our existing lawn to “meadow” as a way to save on water and to hopefully prevent another chaffer beetle infestation. At this point in time, … Continue reading →

My friend Nav came over this Saturday to meet all 40,000 of our pet bees and to participate in the biweekly hive inspection. After putting on the super fashionable bee hat, she helped Bryn by gently smoking the hive to … Continue reading →

On the weekend we decided to take a break from working in our own garden to visit the nearby UBC Botanical Garden. That garden is always a source of inspiration and every time I am there I notice something new. … Continue reading →

I love peas, but normally don’t have much luck growing them. This  year I planted Oregon peas from West Coast Seeds. Every day I have been harvesting a huge handful of snap peas which we’ve been eating raw with hummus … Continue reading →