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Archives for June 2011

Growing mushrooms indoors using a kit

June 21, 2011 by Andrea Bellamy 6 Comments

Ever lamented the fact that you don’t have enough sun to grow food? Rejoice! There are edibles you can grow in shade—even indoors (and it’s definitely easier than making a mushroom log). Here’s how to grow mushrooms indoors using a mushroom kit. Last month, on my birthday, I picked up a few things to make […]

Filed Under: Indoors, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: growing mushrooms at home, growing mushrooms indoors, mushroom kit, mushroom kit for sale, oyster mushrooms

Oh, and peas

June 20, 2011 by Andrea Bellamy 8 Comments

Can’t believe I forgot to mention the peas! We have peas. Lots of ’em, in fact. These are ‘Sugar Ann,’ a snap pea that grows to about 2ft. tall (and thus doesn’t require staking. Yay!) Are you growing peas this year? What are your favourite varieties? And one more thing: Sugar Snaps! Yippee!

Filed Under: Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: Now Harvesting, peas, sugar ann, sugar snaps.

Now harvesting: mid-June 2011

June 16, 2011 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

Last year I decided to introduce a series of blog posts I called “Now Harvesting.” Every week or two, I chronicled the food coming out of my garden. I thought it would be a good way to identify lulls; times when my garden wasn’t producing to its full potential. It would, I thought, help me […]

Filed Under: My garden, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: french breakfast radishes, garden ferns lettuce, lettuce, Now Harvesting, red sails lettuce

Fresh from the garden: How to grow rhubarb and make a yummy rhubarb apple crumble

June 3, 2011 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

I’m thrilled to announce a new monthly feature on Heavy Petal: a collaboration between me and Willowtree, a beautiful and informative website created by my friend Jackie Connelly (the woman behind the gorgeous photographs in Sugar Snaps and Strawberries) and her sister, Tina. “Willowtree provides information and inspiration to people with all types of food […]

Filed Under: Perennials, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: apple, crisp, crumble, growing rhubarb, recipe, rhubarb

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