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Archives for October 2005

Mushrooms!

October 30, 2005 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

I have kind of a love-hate relationship with mushrooms. I grew up loathing them; being forced to try “just one more bite” before I could leave the table. Now I largely like them; shiitake, oyster, enoki… anything but the bland, styrofoamy “white mushroom.” Oh, and they all have to be cooked before they cross my […]

Filed Under: My garden

Seed saving

October 28, 2005 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

You Grow Girl, a website dedicated to – you guessed it – gardeners of the female persuasion, has a good blog. What’s neat about it is that it’s written by a dozen or so gardeners from around the world (well, North America, Australia and the UK anyway). The most recent post is about seed saving, […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Apple time

October 25, 2005 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

Apple season is in full swing here in B.C., which brings loads of fresh apples to our farmer’s markets and grocery stores. If you came home with just two or three of the 30,000 lbs of apples that were sold at the UBC Apple Festival, you’re probably going to want to check out All About […]

Filed Under: Pacific Northwest, Veggies & Edibles

Autumn Decay

October 24, 2005 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

Fallen Clematis seed head Naked Canna Scarlet Tired I’ve discovered the digital macro feature on our new camera! Now I’m starting to build my flickr library. Stay tuned for more images.

Filed Under: My garden

Peanut butter plant

October 22, 2005 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

Close-up of foliage of peanut butter plant

Melianthus major (peanut butter plant) is a dramatic evergreen shrub with large, serrated leaves typically grown for its striking foliage. And yes, it really smells like peanut butter.

Filed Under: Perennials

Eggling

October 21, 2005 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

From the Cute-but-impractical File: Egglings (from Japan) look and feel like a real egg, but are made of white porous ceramic. Kids (or adults!) just crack it open, add water and sun… and voila! Basil, thyme or Italian parsley at your fingertips. Plants grow for up to five months in the eggling’s fortified peat mixture, […]

Filed Under: Indoors, Veggies & Edibles

Chocolate-scented plants

October 20, 2005 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Chocolate. Plants. Put ’em together and you’ve got one of the hottest trends in gardening. If it weren’t enough that there are a number of plants with “chocolate” in their name, (Heuchera ‘Chocolate Ruffles’ and Eupatorium rugosa ‘Chocolate,’ for example), there are several plants that smell like chocolate as well. Here are a few of […]

Filed Under: Perennials

The Hundred Mile Diet

October 19, 2005 by Andrea Bellamy Leave a Comment

Never thought I’d say it, but I’ve found a diet I can fully endorse. Fellow Vancouverites Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon are halfway through their one-year committment to the Hundred-mile Diet. No, it has nothing to do with the town named for the hundredth mile on the gold rush trail (my mom, whose parents dragged […]

Filed Under: Green Gardening & Living, Miscellaneous, Pacific Northwest

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