Mixed Hot Peppers ~ Fermented Sauce

I have been growing a variety of hot peppers in my greenhouse this summer and have already made a decent batch of pickled Jalapeños. I also grew Ring of Fire peppers and Hot Hungarian. Today I picked all of the …

Val’s Crispy Garlic Dill Pickles

Val’s Crispy Garlic Dill Pickles I actually got this recipe from a friend but have altered it a bit by ADDING MORE GARLIC! Because you can really never have too much garlic… What you’ll need: 4 quarts Pickling Cucumbers (I …

Oregano Harvest and Herbed Potato Salad

Herbed Potato Salad I got this recipe from my Mum-in-Law and it’s absolutely delicious! This potato salad is dairy-free, vegan and better than any other potato salad I’ve had. I used Oregano from my garden and decided it was a …

Drying Rose Petals for Potpourri

Every May my Rose bush blossoms big, beautiful and fragrant flowers. At the beginning of June I get to pick them and make wonderful things! Last year I made Homemade Rosewater with my roses. This year I will dry them for …

Eggs from a Friend

Some days you get a call from a friend wanting to share fresh eggs that their chickens have laid. And when you go there you sit and sip coffee and talk about succulents and cacti and gardens and family. You …

Growing a Goji Berry Bush from a Twig

Seedy Saturday this year was bountiful in many ways. We got ourselves a Black Currant Shrub An Elderberry Shrub…. And some Goji Berry Twigs! We purchased our beautiful shrubs and twigs from Metchosin Farm and got great service from the whole …

Consent: Not actually that complicated

Originally posted on rockstar dinosaur pirate princess:
http://kaffysmaffy.tumblr.com/post/780535517 A short one today as my life is currently very complicated and conspiring against my preference to spend all of my days working out what to blog. But do you know what isn’t…

FASHINSPIRATION: CONNALLY MCDOUGALL

Originally posted on j fish:
I was lucky enough to see some of McDougall’s designs in person when I attended Vancouver Fashion Week last year.  The pictures I have posted here are from her new, up and coming collection for Spring/Summer 2015. I…

Valsa ~ Vals Famous Salsa

I have been making homemade salsa for years now and every year it just keeps getting better and better. My friend Stacy loves it so much she has named it “Valsa” after me. The Ingredients – 4 large Tomatoes ~ …

Not My Circus?

Originally posted on Touch2Touch:
This morning, on fellow blogger Stef’s Daily Delights, I encountered this Polish proverb: Not my circus, not my monkeys!  Well! I promptly decided to adopt the proverb as my mantra-of-the-day. Enough of the silliness, enough of…