The gardening and preserving season is winding down. Yesterday we ate our last Toasted Tomato Sandwiches of the season. Today we used the last of the green Tomatoes to can two jars of Dilly Green Tomatoes. There were four or five small ripe tomatoes in the bowl, so they were diced and added to a… Continue reading More Floory, Less Shelfy
Author: Maggie Turner
The Heat Is On
Last night the temperature fell to 1C. The temperature in the house was 20C, so it was decided that the heat would be turned on the prevent it from getting colder. The heating system has run three times since it was started up, and has maintained the temperature at a comfortable 21.5C, despite the very… Continue reading The Heat Is On
Kohlrabi for Breakfast
Here I am, the first day of November, and I am eating garden Kohlrabi for breakfast. I love Kohlrabi. Attila harvested the last of the Kohlrabi on Saturday, a few small bulbs. After cooking in the Instant Pot, some of the bulbs were fork tender, and some were crunchy. The reason for this difference in… Continue reading Kohlrabi for Breakfast
Transition
Autumn has arrived! We have had our first frost, and the temperatures are dipping below t-shirt comfort, well below. For days a cold rain has come down to be driven by wind. Dampness seeps through the invisible open lines between the outdoors and the indoors. Mist Cottage is slowly cooling. This morning the thermostat read… Continue reading Transition
First Frost, October 23, 2021
While listening to the audio book “All The Light We Cannot See”, I find my eyes tearing up, and a great sadness welling up from the centre of me. The story is fiction, a collection of experiences that real people may have had, gathered together, then knit into a beautiful, sad blanket. Tears. They aren’t… Continue reading First Frost, October 23, 2021