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Smoke! Our forest’s are burning, in the northern hemisphere of North America. Today the world is a yellow haze, as the smoke from forest fires in distant northwestern Ontario drifts into southern Ontario. The air quality is very poor. The temperature is high. The humidity is high. There are air quality warnings. Our air quality… Continue reading Vegetable Chronicles: Carrots

This morning Attila brought in the first full sized zucchini. Since I baked muffins last week, this lovely specimen will become my lunch, sauteed with onion, grated carrot, chopped beet leaves and stems, and an egg. I will serve the vegetables on one serving of cooked, then cooled, then heated, noodles. The mixture will be… Continue reading The Vegetable Chronicles: Zucchini

The beets are ready. We have a lot of beets this year, they are doing really well with all the new compost in the garden. The beets in the image are meant for one meal for two. They will be cooked in the Instant Pot. Beet stems and leaves will be sorted, the best chosen… Continue reading The Vegetable Chronicles: Beets

Today the weather is lovely. Attila brought in three firm heads of Winter Keeper Cabbage from the garden, destined for the freezer. Canning season is not upon us just yet. It is usually begins near the end of July. Nothing coming out of our garden will go to waste, even the scraps will be made… Continue reading The Vegetable Chronicles: Cabbage!

The heat wave has ended. Today was warm in the morning, hot in the afternoon, and cooled in the evening. No rain though, so Attila was busy watering the garden using collected rain water. The highlight of our day… a rutabaga. Vegetables of all kinds have become very expensive, including rutabagas. So this year, for… Continue reading The Vegetable Chronicles: Rutabaga!