16 avr 2019
Take a venture with me, to my first balcony garden in celebration of Earth Day!
Many years ago I built an entire vegetable garden all by my-small-self. Three tiered. Stones for stepping. The whole shebang. And did I mention it was my first gardening experience? Go big or go home, right? I was an all-or-nothing type of character, and in the end it was just too much.
I started by digging up a huge...
09 oct 2017
Wanda had a sex change. His name is now Wand.
Our fish are not happy campers. We are pouring silent killers down the drain. Our poor fish are undergoing sex changes and it is not out of choice.
If pouring our shampoos and soaps down the drain can make a fish do an about face in the sex department we should be concerned.
The culprit is triclosan, a PPCP (polychlorinated phenoxy phenols) which is...
15 juil 2017
Growing up, I was never one to enjoy the bug life. Call it societal conditioning, as movies and media ingrained the heebeegeebees coursing through my veins at the sight of all critters big and small. My mother’s arachnophobia was passed down to me, then successively through my son’s screech of horror in the presence of spiders. I am trying to change this.
As I strive to be at one with my natural...
11 fév 2016
Honey, I’m home!
Every home should celebrate a jar of honey.
Spread it on toasts and breads. Sweeten your biscuits, cakes and muffins.Dress your ham, coat your pork ribs, barbecue chicken wings in a honey sauce.Relax with honey. Sweeten your tea. Savor its goodness.If your throat is sore, sip a honey toddy.Learn to relax in a honey bath.. Add 2 Tbsp honey to a cup of hot water. Dissolve and...
22 juin 2015
L’année passée était vraiment une année de découvertes dans notre potager. Malheureusement, la plupart des découvertes impliquaient des insectes nuisibles et des animaux sauvages. Parce que nous nous soucions de la santé de nos enfants et de notre santé, nous n’arrosons pas nos légumes avec des produits qui pourraient nous nuire en même temps que les insectes. Je me suis rendue compte que la...
10 sep 2014
La lavande est une plante puissante. Elle est renommée dans le monde entier comme un remède pour de nombreux problèmes de santé..
La lavande est riche dans son aromathérapie. Elle apaise et calme. Je me souviens d’un bébé hurlant dans l’avion qui a été immédiatement calmé quand sa mère a produit un petit mouchoir dans lequel elle tamponna quelques gouttes d’huile essentielle de lavande.
La...
30 oct 2012
Worried that the snow will be soon be flying and the ground will be frozen hard? Don’t despair, there are still a few weeks left for those of us who keep putting off the inevitable. Make sure you have a supply of those huge, sturdy garden compost bags, do a few stretches and put on some warm comfy clothing and you will be all set. Here is a short list of chores you should get done in the...
21 juil 2012
Gene Stone’s book, ‘The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick’ is an inspiration. In each chapter, whether it be on ‘napping’, cold showers, friendship or garlic, Gene Stone includes an excerpt on ‘sharing in the secret’. The following is on Garlic.
Share in the Secret
Garlic can be ingested in many ways. Some people cook it and some eat it raw—which is fine if you can abide the taste and the...
13 mar 2012
In one week it will officially be spring…..though in most parts of Canada it feels like spring has been with us off and on all winter (I am told the apple trees have already blossomed in Vancouver!). For the first time, some species of migratory birds, never even bothered to leave and the Great Lakes did not freeze over. The attraction will be strong for hard-core gardeners to get back into...
01 aoû 2011
Water Wise Gardening
Here in Eastern Canada (Montreal) we are fully immersed in the dog days of summer. After a cool, damp spring that left most of the region water-logged and flooding, we have shifted to the extreme opposite. The heat and sun have been with us day-in, day-out with only the occasional deluge when a thunderstorm rolls through. Even those have been few and far between and most...
