Ready to make some, tasty, traditional, truly weird bread? How about starting with some 150 year old sourdough starter from the place it all started? Here is the link to order your own! https://kensingtonsourdough.ca/

The word herb is a loose term that means any plant grown for flavour or medicinal purposes, including various leafy greens and flowers that contain strongly smelling and tasting compounds and plants that help our bodies heal or maintain balance and health. Wise women (and men) have known about the ability of certain herbs to heal for centuries. Common herbs include low shrubs with woody stems, as well as more delicate annual plants. Many are perennials, meaning that they will

What do turnips, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and bok choy have in common? They are all in the Brassica family. This article will tell you how to shop for brassicas and includes some simple recipes to use them up. Read it HERE.

Wondering which flowering plants to add to your garden this year? Great for pollination, as well as adding beauty, annuals are easy if you scatter seed or prepare bulbs by stratifying them in your refrigerator. HERE are some suggestions.

All of the members of the Brassica family that we grow for food (cabbage, kale, kohl rabbi, broccoli and broccolini, cauliflower) are closely related and have developed over time as humans have selected plants for their edible leaves, stem or flower. HERE is the full story!

Everything that lives dies. Everything that dies decomposes and releases minerals and nutrients to feed the soil. In nature, organic materials decompose and nutrients are released into the soil to be taken up by surrounding plants. In the forest, tree leaves and other organic materials fall to the ground and over time they decompose with the help of macro-organisms (insects, worms, snails, etc.) and microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) to produce nutrient-rich organic material

Stefan Sobkowiak is a brilliant permaculture orchardist in Ontario. As part of a Tree Canada grant, several years ago we were required to participate in an online workshop with him. Wow. In this podcast from Martime Gardening, he is talking about the finer points of fruit tree pruning.

A wise individual once said to me, “Buy land because God ain’t making any more of it.” Regardless of your religious beliefs, or unless you live next to an ocean with an erupting volcano, this statement is still true. It directly appeals to our archaic need for success – the more stuff I own, the happier and more successful I am! Now don’t get me wrong: it is nice to have things to pass down to your children. However, in spite of the belief that obtaining all these “things” is

Growing a wide range of fruit in our climate (Zone 3/4/5) is possible with organic methods inside an unheated greenhouse. This grower in Quebec has demonstrated that he can grow grapes, peaches, apricots and grapes sustainably, and so can we here in Newfoundland using simple, inexpensive organic methods. Read the article HERE.

Raising food sustainably for production and personal health without herbicides and pesticides at 60 degree north by working with nature. This inspiring video shows what one woman is doing in the Shetland Islands, farther north than most of the people living in Canada.