Lavender buds preparation is a lengthy process, but if not processed correctly the lavender buds batch can cause even allergy outbreak because it may contain dust-like pollen that irritates eyes, nostrils and throat. We know that ! We process our lav..

One of my customers Nathan Attard shared his "Garlic Scape Pesto"recipe: - One pound of Garlic Scapes cut into 2" pieces- 1-1/4 cups Parmesan cheese,- 1 cup olive oil, - 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice, - sea salt and pepper to taste. Beat in food processor..

First strawberry basket this year. So yummy !! People from Toronto came all the way here yesterday to buy my strawberry plants, I let them and their kids pick some real fresh berries from the garden -  they were amazed and said exactly same thing I k..

Starting this year we now grow and sell live plants of tobacco, lavender, herbs and strawberry.Our plants will be ready for late spring shipping or pickup from store (late May or June). We will ship live plants within Canada only this year. Plants fo..

We have just finished a new booklet - how to make ready to smoke tobacco from tobacco leaves you've grown in your garden.If you already tried to smoke raw tobacco leaves, you know that it is close to impossible and makes you cough very badly. This is..

We finished the wood burning stove installation in the barn with all the metal shielding, piping and stuff. Chimney is up. WETT Inspection passed.  We are ready for winter ! Though I think we scared winter away - raining outside in the middle of Janu..

We finished all outside work on pole barn - right on time before winter comes. It does look good ! And feels good to built something of this size all by ourselves.Our big tractor now has winter home and all smaller garden vehicles are under cover for..

Construction complete, framing inspection passed, roof shingled... Whew ! Start grading now. Will need at least 2 full loads (44 ton) of crushed stones . Got just one for now - will see how it goes... Siding is already ordered, waiting time 3-4 weeks..

Since last post, long time took us to build the look-outs all around the roof edge, as well as we finished the attic floor, so that now I will be able to walk under the roof to hang up garlic, lavender, tobacco and such for drying. I ordered the trus..

Visual size comparison for 10 tomato varieties I grow in my garden.And if I had 2 words to describe each of them, here it goes:Oxheart and Amish - excellent paste tomatoes.Plum and grape - thick skin, little sour - canning delight.Cherry - sweet trea..

We had too much rain this Summer right on time when Tomato fruits started to set and I found that too much rain can cause some problems too, i.e. Blossom End Rot. It is not infectious and caused by chemical imbalance in the soil. Basically with too m..

All trusses are up the roof now - hung up one by one by just two of us, even though the gable end trusses were somewhat difficult to get up as they had to go from the outside of the walls to be nailed to the 20-foot posts sticking out. But all this i..