Tag Archives: garlic

Planting garlic and other fall chores

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Chrystal

Deciding to plant garlic is a commitment. Not because it takes much skill to plant and it certainly doesn’t require much care. Nor does it take much space. The one thing it takes is time: almost 10 months from the … Continue reading →

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Seven blushing maidens

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Chrystal

Every single time I utter the words “farmers market” in our house, the Man yells “Seven Blushing Maidens!” which is the short version of  “seven blushing maidens selling three heads of lettuce”.  This is how he used to describe the … Continue reading →

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Garlic is almost ready

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Chrystal

When I was small I was one of those people who would open all their Christmas gifts early and then would wrap them up again and pretend to be surprised on Christmas morning. Actually, forget the “small” part…I still do … Continue reading →

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Garlic advice from the master gardeners

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Chrystal

Today was fabulously sunny, so Small Guy and I stopped for lunch at the Kitsilano Farmers Market. We dropped our bikes off at the bike valet and then wandered through the stalls to look at all the veggies and people. … Continue reading →

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