I had beekeeping fever pretty bad this spring. People in the Niagara Region have really gotten into the full swing of beekeeping and I was feeling so left out. Most of the supplies I need can be bought online but I had too many things on the go this year to get it going. So…
Rainy Summer
Last year it felt like the driest summer ever in Niagara. My garden was so dry that the plants that would have been my fall harvest were crunchy to the touch. The soil blew away in the convection-oven breeze. This summer, not so much! This summer I have seen more rain and some of the…
Making Maple Syrup
YesNoMabee is my photography side-business. I didn’t “borrow” this from somewhere else đ Click Here to see my first Tapping Trees Post I owe you all an update! After the last post we rushed out to the farm store and bought 10 more taps! Oh and buckets too (we had to make it official). For…
Tapping Trees
I’ve have been considering tapping maple trees and making my own maple syrup for years now but had never gotten around to it. Somehow I had convinced myself it was this long, tedious project that I was sure to mess up. This year it seemed as though everyone in the whole world region had tapped their…
Regrow Kitchen Scraps: Green Onions
When you buy green onions/shallot from the grocery store they still have the roots intact. Use all the onion you need and leave about an inch above the roots. To regrow green onions, place the green onion in a container with a little bit of water (enough to cover the roots) and change out the…