Welcome to September 2025!

Plate with green beans on it on a digital scale. They weigh 132 grams.

Holy cow, how is summer almost over? I feel like we just started picking our gorgeous fresh green beans from the garden, and it’s almost time to plant the garlic for the winter! It’s still pretty warm here – it’s 30˚C+ this week – and I’ll still be in shorts until Hallowe’en no matter the … Read more

Welcome to August 2025!

A photo of a green bean plant with green beans on it from my front yard

Welcome to August 2025! I hope this summer/winter is treating you well. Our little farm is producing beans at an alarming rate – we’ve had almost three servings so far, with much more to follow. Our potato plant has turned into a tree, but the celery is wilting under the mid-summer sun, so we keep … Read more

Welcome to July 2025!

A raised planter containing four pole bean plants and three celery plants that appears to be out of control with growth

Happy Canada Day! It’s July 1st, and look at my farm grow! We have four bean plants now – for which we have purchased three different trellises as they outgrow them quickly – and three celery plants, as well as a bag of potatoes growing. I’m so excited for early August when all of these … Read more

Please don’t make your own insect repellent! (Updated for 2025)

Every year I beg you not to make your own sunscreen – read the most recent post here – but this year, it’s all about making bug repellents, which is pretty scary. (And again this year as well. Sigh…) We don’t make sunscreen at home as it’s considered a drug for which you must go … Read more