Gardening

What’s on Mark Cullen’s Bedside Table?

What’s on Mark Cullen’s Bedside Table?

1. Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation by Andrea Wulf (Knopf, 2012) Founding Gardeners is a fascinating look into the lives of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Together,...

How to Satisfy a Healthy Appetite by Mark Cullen

How to Satisfy a Healthy Appetite by Mark Cullen

The importance of eating well has never been as popular as it is today. Given the increase in the number of processed foods available in supermarkets, it is a challenge for anyone who wants to snack on fresh, healthy food. Growing your own snack food is a great way to...

Harrowsmith Jr.  – Emma’s Tomato Patch

Harrowsmith Jr. – Emma’s Tomato Patch

I first grew Reisetomate in the summer of 2017, and it quickly became one of my favourites. Why was it one of my favourites? Because it surprised me. I didn’t expect this tomato to look the way it did. It’s always great to find an unfamiliar wonder in your garden, and...

Dispatches from a Japanese Garden – Buried Treasure

Dispatches from a Japanese Garden – Buried Treasure

While much of Canada is still in the grips of a deep freeze, in the Kansai region of Japan, February is the first potato-planting season of the year. The fact that I am not only beginning a new planting season, but am still harvesting a wealth of vegetables from last...

Dispatches from a Japanese Garden – The Land I Farm

Dispatches from a Japanese Garden – The Land I Farm

The land I farm lies in the mountains of southern Kyoto, a one-hour train ride, and two small mountain ranges east of Osaka. It’s within the boundaries of the Kansai region, an area 27,340 km2, of nearly 23 million inhabitants. To put that into perspective, that is an...

Vancouver’s Street Farms: Germinating Seeds and Hope

Vancouver’s Street Farms: Germinating Seeds and Hope

Street Farm - Growing Food, Jobs and Hope on the Urban Frontier By: Michael Ableman Chelsea Green Publishing, 2016 Paperback, 256 pages $41.95 Fragility and strength. In Michael Ableman’s latest book, Street Farm - Growing Food, Jobs and Hope on the Urban Frontier,...

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