Creamy and Delicious Roasted Tomato Soup
Remember last week’s delicious roasted tomato sauce? Today, I’m going to show you how easy it is to turn it into tomato soup.
Remember last week’s delicious roasted tomato sauce? Today, I’m going to show you how easy it is to turn it into tomato soup.
Harvesting and preserving onions is one of the easier late-summer-early-fall gardening chores that you will do. If done right, you’ll have onions well into March.
Sometimes you need an easy win. Something that’s easy to make, uses up a lot of the extra zucchini you have laying around, and isn’t yet another variation of zucchini chocolate cake or zucchini poppyseed cake. One can only have so many desserts! Fried garlic parmesan zucchini and kale is
If you’ve ever had the privilege to live on a corner lot, you know the struggle. What do you do with that small piece of land that’s facing the street but isn’t your backyard? You could fence it in, but no one will ever play there and no one wants
Last weekend was the unofficial gardening weekend in Canada (otherwise known as May Long Weekend) and our household was no exception to the trend. However, there was one little problem. . . the wilderness we call our backyard and garden space.
When we bought the current house we’re in, it was winter and our showing was at night. In those conditions everything seemed maybe a bit overgrown, but fine. How wrong we were.
Two years ago one of my students gave me a pot of succulents as a thank you gift. My love affair with succulents began. They did well that first summer, then over the winter one of the varieties died and the other two looked not far behind. I kept them
The harvest is underway and I’m already thinking about what worked and didn’t work this year. There were lots of surprises this year: volunteer potatoes (that did really well despite much neglect), barely there greens and beets, peas that didn’t perform, and the wonder that is cylindrical beets. Here’s my
In my last post I talked about our not-so-great outdoor space at the house. The garden space left much to be admired, so I made a plan B and am gardening at my mother-in-law’s acreage. There is a ton of space, so I’m lucky enough to be able to plant the
This is our house. Out of all the homes we’ve owned, this one probably has the best curb appeal. We could tell that things were overgrown, but the arrival of spring has shown us exactly how much.
Hi, I'm Kristen and I help new gardeners learn to grow their own vegetables and beautify their yards. I also share recipes that use all that delicious garden produce. Grab a coffee (and your gardening gloves) and join me for gardening tips, simple recipes, and the occasional DIY, all from the lovely city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
P.S. First time gardener? You'll want to download the quick start gardening guide below!
Hi, I’m Kristen and I help new gardeners learn to grow their own vegetables and beautify their yards. I also share recipes that use all those delicious garden produce. Grab a coffee (and your gardening gloves) and join me for gardening tips, simple recipes, and the occasional DIY, all from the lovely city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.