This is the new shelving that we’ve just put into the glass greenhouse where I grow all the shoots, microgreens and late winter/early spring transplants. Our friend and thoughtful carpenter/builder Tony just finished this job for me last week.I’m so thrilled to have four levels of sturdy growing space now! Still to do: grow lighting [. . .]
January reading
It snowed last night and we’re snowed in. Time to get out the woolly socks, put some more wood on the fire and get out a book or two. January (especially when it snows!) offers up more time for me to reflect, take inventory (personal and business), set new intentions and work on projects that [. . .]
winter time cabbage
Snow is in the forecast this week and it looks like it’s going to get cold. This winter has been quite mild so far except for a wee frosty spell in November when we had a dusting of snow. This is one of the red cabbages back then. And after the snow melted. Such a [. . .]
Happy New Year!
Mid-January is here and things are getting organized for another busy year in the garden. And I’m really looking forward to it! The Christmas season was a bit frantic with so many orders of winter bouquets and plants and wreaths. Mayne Islanders were decorating their homes with Christmas bouquets and giving them away as gifts [. . .]
growing shoots!
A shipment of pea and sunflower seed for shoot growing arrived last week. So I’ve filled up my seed bins once again and we’re all ready for the winter-time growing season. A couple of the sunflower seed bins. I love the feeling of abundance and well-being I get when I look at all the full [. . .]
beauty
My cosmos post this morning made me think of this video from The Feynman Series by Victoria’s Reid Gower. So thought I’d post it here too……I happened upon it a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it. I hope you do too : )