Wherever I go this summer, everyone is talking about urban agriculture. Last week, I gave a talk at the Toronto Botanical Gardens (What an evening! Cool night, nice crowd, great food, amazing gardens) and toured their container and kitchen gardens with head of horticulture, Paul Zammit. He harvested fingerling potatoes from a recycling bin, hoping [...]
Read full post...I’ve been dreaming about having my own backyard chickens for a long time, but my dreams became full fledged jealousy on Friday. I visited my friend’s house and, from her kitchen window, watched her hens peck about their chicken run. On her fridge was a big basket of eggs. I yearn for two, maybe three, [...]
Read full post...I am utterly astounded by the giant zucchini plant I have growing out of a barrel in the shade (of all places) in my backyard. The leaves are so big you can barely see the silver walls of the container below. I must relocate the plant soon, however, because I’ve now found 3 rotting zucchinis [...]
Read full post...I’m currently admiring the trays of lettuce seedlings in the window of my office. If all goes as planned, soon they will be joined by tomato, pepper and eggplant seedlings too. I know I’m behind schedule in getting my veggies started, but I wouldn’t have done anything yet if not for a new book titled [...]
Read full post...It’s really cold out there again today, but the quality of the sunlight is telling me spring is almost here and I can help but dream of my garden this summer. For the past few years I’ve been experimenting with container gardening. I’ve grown several kinds of tomatoes and beans as well as a herbs [...]
Read full post...My urban farm is starting to sprout. Oh the exhilaration of watching seeds come to life, giving forth tiny shoots of green. Corny as it sounds, I think I could plant thousands and thousands of seeds before ever growing tired of the magic of watching them come to life.
This year in my ultra tiny, container [...]