Growing and Producing Food - eatinscanada.com https://dev.eatinscanada.com Recipes, reviews, interviews and events. A blog about food. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:01:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/EatinsCanadaBigLogoSQ200-120x120.jpg Growing and Producing Food - eatinscanada.com https://dev.eatinscanada.com 32 32 Morel Marauders: Pill bugs and pillage, slimy slugs, sneaky squirrels https://dev.eatinscanada.com/morel-marauders-pill-bugs-and-pillage-slimy-slugs-voracious-voles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=morel-marauders-pill-bugs-and-pillage-slimy-slugs-voracious-voles https://dev.eatinscanada.com/morel-marauders-pill-bugs-and-pillage-slimy-slugs-voracious-voles/#comments Fri, 26 May 2023 22:00:57 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?p=16676 Pest identification and elimination We were robbed dammit! Our bonus morel crop was decimated. Where I had hoped we might have as much as 10lbs of fresh morels, we were left with less than 1lb of mature fruit. Victim’s Statement: Optimism to devastation We knew it was optimistic to anticipate that all of the hundreds… Read More »Morel Marauders: Pill bugs and pillage, slimy slugs, sneaky squirrels

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]]> https://dev.eatinscanada.com/morel-marauders-pill-bugs-and-pillage-slimy-slugs-voracious-voles/feed/ 18 Morel mushrooms: Cultivation of upstanding morels https://dev.eatinscanada.com/morel-mushrooms-cultivation-of-upstanding-morels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=morel-mushrooms-cultivation-of-upstanding-morels https://dev.eatinscanada.com/morel-mushrooms-cultivation-of-upstanding-morels/#comments Sun, 09 Apr 2023 21:08:22 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?p=16092 An unanticipated Easter treasure hunt On Friday while weeding the garlic beds, we discovered fresh morels! First, I saw one perfect black morel beside a garlic stalk. Then, three more in the box right beside, and two more nearby poking through the weeds. The opportunity for a special treat of our own morels sautéed on… Read More »Morel mushrooms: Cultivation of upstanding morels

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]]> https://dev.eatinscanada.com/morel-mushrooms-cultivation-of-upstanding-morels/feed/ 2 2023 garden planning & preparation: procuring potatoes https://dev.eatinscanada.com/preparation-procuring-potatoes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preparation-procuring-potatoes https://dev.eatinscanada.com/preparation-procuring-potatoes/#respond Tue, 03 Jan 2023 15:30:12 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?post_type=diary&p=11282 Getting ready for a new year of potatoes In 2022 we planted several kinds of potatoes from a variety of sources bought locally. Results were pretty uneven, but it was a very challenging weather year. We planted Russian Bananas, French Fingerlings, and Russian Blue’s from a Florissa mixed bag, Warba’s and Sieglinde’s from Metchosin, and… Read More »2023 garden planning & preparation: procuring potatoes

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]]> https://dev.eatinscanada.com/preparation-procuring-potatoes/feed/ 0 54 Luscious Tomatoes for 2024: Not an easy choice https://dev.eatinscanada.com/tomatoes-21-varieties-from-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tomatoes-21-varieties-from-2022 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/tomatoes-21-varieties-from-2022/#respond Sun, 13 Nov 2022 02:54:34 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?post_type=diary&p=11227 “Hi, my name is Gayle, and it has been 0 days since my last seed purchase. Arugula, since you asked, but it’s Tomatoes that bedevil me with their luscious charms. I have 55 varieties of tomato seeds to plant in 2024. It’s going to look like the image below, but more so. If the article… Read More »54 Luscious Tomatoes for 2024: Not an easy choice

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]]> https://dev.eatinscanada.com/tomatoes-21-varieties-from-2022/feed/ 0 In The Garden of Eatin’s https://dev.eatinscanada.com/in-the-garden-of-eatins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-the-garden-of-eatins https://dev.eatinscanada.com/in-the-garden-of-eatins/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2022 01:21:33 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?p=10796 We moved just over a  year ago (2021) to a two-acre on ALR (Agricultural Land Reserve) property with a view of the water in the distance. The property has a well, and magnificent sun exposure. There are tall trees on the land, many old tree stumps with huckleberries, and enough rocks to build a fortress.… Read More »In The Garden of Eatin’s

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]]> https://dev.eatinscanada.com/in-the-garden-of-eatins/feed/ 2 Three ways to deal with slugs https://dev.eatinscanada.com/three-ways-to-deal-with-slugs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-ways-to-deal-with-slugs https://dev.eatinscanada.com/three-ways-to-deal-with-slugs/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2015 13:44:29 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?p=9058 Article and photo by Jacqui Shannon It’s the time of year when our gardens are starting to really come into their own. Our delicate seedling are full of vigor and the promise of harvest is within sight, we know it and so do the slugs. Try this recipe too!Yield of a bushel of tomatoesSlugs. Grotesque,… Read More »Three ways to deal with slugs

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]]> https://dev.eatinscanada.com/three-ways-to-deal-with-slugs/feed/ 2 Easy DIY organic fertilizer https://dev.eatinscanada.com/easy-diy-organic-fertilizer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=easy-diy-organic-fertilizer https://dev.eatinscanada.com/easy-diy-organic-fertilizer/#comments Sat, 30 May 2015 21:35:14 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?p=9026 Article and photographs by Jacqui Shannon. Here in the United Kingdom as in Canada, along the rivers and in marsh lands, something nearly magical grows, Symphytum officinale. In may areas in the UK it is so prolific there are actual “harvesting days” where the nature reserves encourage gardeners to come and cut what they need.… Read More »Easy DIY organic fertilizer

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]]> https://dev.eatinscanada.com/urban-gardening/feed/ 3 Seasonal eating & anticipation https://dev.eatinscanada.com/seasonal-eating-and-anticipation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seasonal-eating-and-anticipation https://dev.eatinscanada.com/seasonal-eating-and-anticipation/#respond Mon, 11 May 2015 10:20:51 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?p=8993 There is nothing quite as exciting as the anticipation of your first tomato of the season. I was away this weekend and came back to find the first tomato tucked in behind the protective leafy growth of my bush tomato.  I’m always excited when my garden begins to produce. Perhaps more than any other vegetables… Read More »Seasonal eating & anticipation

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]]> https://dev.eatinscanada.com/seasonal-eating-and-anticipation/feed/ 0 Natural pest management https://dev.eatinscanada.com/natural-pest-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=natural-pest-management https://dev.eatinscanada.com/natural-pest-management/#comments Sun, 03 May 2015 18:56:33 +0000 https://dev.eatinscanada.com/?p=8979 Article and photograph by Jacqui Shannon. One of the biggest questions new organic gardeners ask is about pest management.  We all seem to understand the concepts of  open pollination and making fertilizers from plants, but when it comes to keeping the pests away, many of us draw a blank. We work so hard to raise… Read More »Natural pest management

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