In the last post I discussed some reasons why we might want to combine flowers and vegetables. Of course, vegetables mostly flower too so allowing some to ‘bolt’ aka flower can be a nice way of adding interest for you and the rest of nature. Not only that but you may end up with self […]
I was pleased to speak with Kate from Heartbeet farm about growing sweet potatoes in the Ottawa Valley (interview below). Many growers now know that you absolutely can grow this heat loving, nutritious tuber here. In fact, in the best years, you’ll get impressive yields that (in my experience) outcompete potatoes, and in the worst […]
There’s something about hot peppers that collect stories. Perhaps it is because their different flavours and uses are special ingredients in different, often regional, dishes and these make people think of ancestral place or important person. Maybe its the bravado of a food that bite’s back. Hot peppers originated in the warmer regions of the […]