Tag Archives: growing
The 2016 Vegetable Garden
Being an absentee gardener is always a challenge. You never seem to be around at the right time to ward off pests or water the garden. Each year we learn a little more about what works and what doesn’t, and … Continue reading
Baby Apples, Blogging, and Being Busy
Blogging here on Island Home Blog has been pretty patchy recently. It isn’t a shortage of time on the island, as so far we have managed to spend part of each of the first five months of the year out … Continue reading
The Start Of Gardening Season
We’ve been traveling between the Gulf Islands and Alberta enough years now that we have finally started to understand the different times of year and when we need to get things done. For instance, digging into the ground in the … Continue reading
Blackberries
Backyard blackberries. Some went in the muffins, some went straight into our mouths. And the prickly monstrosity still has our football. . . . . . . Ads on this site belong to WordPress.
Garden Surprise
I’ve spent the last few days working in our garden. We’ve been staying close to home as the children are sharing a sickness; one gets it, then another, then the next. I suspect we are not out of the woods … Continue reading
Gardening Late in the Year
A few weeks ago we decided it was time to finally pick the last of what was growing in our raised beds at the house on Pender Island. This year had been our experimental year as we had never grown … Continue reading
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