IG: Uhh no filter needed whatsoever— this is a giant zinnia, and one of my favorite flowers to incorporate into my veggie garden. Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds love them. I love them. They’re an LF garden staple now, and I’ve been growing a whole whack of them from seed since February, so they are huge and about to burst under my grow lights and I can’t wait to plant them and watch them explode with colour. What flowers do you love?

Uhh no filter needed whatsoever— this is a giant zinnia, and one of my favorite flowers to incorporate into my veggie garden. Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds love them.
I love them.
They’re an LF garden staple now, and I’ve been growing a whole whack of them from seed since February, so they are huge and about to burst under my grow lights and I can’t wait to plant them and watch them explode with colour.

What flowers do you love?!
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IG: Y’all eating anything special to celebrate ya mamas today? I’m not because I’ll be fasting all day today, but this is a throwback to a former meal I made that I wish I was eating RIGHT NOW… 😆 Tell me all about what you have planned

Y’all eating anything special to celebrate ya mamas today?

I’m not because I’ll be fasting all day today, but this is a throwback to a former meal I made that I wish I was eating RIGHT NOW… 😆

Tell me all about what you have planned!
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IG: As it snows right now in May🤯, I’m perusing through last year’s gardening photos for a pick-me-up. So here you go, a cucumber tendril from 2019. Soak it in, summer IS coming, I think

As it snows right now in May🤯, I’m perusing through last year’s gardening photos for a pick-me-up.
So here you go, a cucumber tendril from 2019.
Soak it in, summer IS coming, I think…
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IG: A small fraction of the Swiss Chard I grew last year, after my final harvest in late October. I gave most of this away to neighbours, which I end up doing often because I grow so much more than we can eat😅. This year I’ll definitely give more away, and freeze lots for soups and stews! What’s your favourite way to eat Swiss Chard?

A small fraction of the Swiss Chard I grew last year, after my final harvest in late October. I gave most of this away to neighbours, which I end up doing often because I grow so much more than we can eat😅.
This year I’ll definitely give more away, and freeze lots for soups and stews!

What’s your favourite way to eat Swiss Chard?
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IG: The universe has decided the au naturel, full on brunette look will be what I’m rocking for 2020. I rocked it for 30 years and it served me well 😆. We can do this again. Missing you and your hair magic @sara.m.cr, but luckily your blonde balayage from a year ago couldn’t be growing out more beautifully. 2020 = back to basics it seems! How are you getting back to basics? P.s., anyone else hungry for a niceee professional hair cut? @salt.water.photography

The universe has decided the au naturel, full on brunette look will be what I’m rocking for 2020. I rocked it for 30 years and it served me well 😆. We can do this again.

Missing you and your hair magic @sara.m.cr, but luckily your blonde balayage from a year ago couldn’t be growing out more beautifully.

2020 = back to basics it seems!
How are you getting back to basics?

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IG: Sooooooon, you guys🥦🥕🌶🥒🍅🥬!! If ever there was time to start growing your own food, that time is NOW. My suggestion? Start small. The first time I started growing food (6 or 7 years ago, maybe?), I grew a few greens in some deck railing boxes in Toronto. Of course, I quickly and exponentially expanded over the years as I became completely captivated by growing food and learned so much along the way (still constantly learning and growing, food & myself). But what I’m saying is, just start. Start with one tomato plant on your balcony. Start with one lettuce plant under a grow light inside. Use tote bins in your backyard so you don’t have to build garden beds. Just START, so you can start the learning process! Take that leap. (I knew VERY little when I started, but I knew I wanted to learn more, and that’s all you need). I guarantee most of you that begin will want to continue and expand. Gardening is crazy rewarding. And hey, some attempts might not work out. Especially if you’re like me and often do first, ask later (then learn lots from the mistakes moving forward). But the learning process is so valuable. So, start somewhere! [and if you really need my help getting started, I do offer ZOOM garden consults—you wouldn’t be the only one to hit me up] So, what are you going to grow this year?

Sooooooon, you guys🥦🥕🌶🥒🍅🥬!! If ever there was time to start growing your own food, that time is NOW.

My suggestion? Start small.
The first time I started growing food (6 or 7 years ago, maybe?), I grew a few greens in some deck railing boxes in Toronto.
Of course, I quickly and exponentially expanded over the years as I became completely captivated by growing food and learned so much along the way (still constantly learning and growing, food & myself).
But what I’m saying is, just start.
Start with one tomato plant on your balcony. Start with one lettuce plant under a grow light inside. Use tote bins in your backyard so you don’t have to build garden beds.

Just START, so you can start the learning process! Take that leap. (I knew VERY little when I started, but I knew I wanted to learn more, and that’s all you need). I guarantee most of you that begin will want to continue and expand. Gardening is crazy rewarding. And hey, some attempts might not work out. Especially if you’re like me and often do first, ask later (then learn lots from the mistakes moving forward).
But the learning process is so valuable.

So, start somewhere!
[and if you really need my help getting started, I do offer ZOOM garden consults—you wouldn’t be the only one to hit me up]

So, what are you going to grow this year?
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IG: There’s nothing like the rewards you receive from the gardening cycle; nurturing a tiny seed into life sustaining energy (food)…and then using its remaining life energy to sustain the life of a new seed (compost) to repeat the cycle again. Do you compost? It’s not something I’ve talked extensively about because it’s a far less glamorous aspect of gardening, but hugely important. None of our food waste goes into our city’s green bin— in fact, we don’t use our city’s green bin at all, it ALL goes into our backyard @joracomposters composter to be turned into nutritional life energy for my gardens. Drop a 🥦 in the comments if you want to learn more about composting in my future posts

There’s nothing like the rewards you receive from the gardening cycle; nurturing a tiny seed into life sustaining energy (food)…and then using its remaining life energy to sustain the life of a new seed (compost) to repeat the cycle again.

Do you compost?
It’s not something I’ve talked extensively about because it’s a far less glamorous aspect of gardening, but hugely important.
None of our food waste goes into our city’s green bin— in fact, we don’t use our city’s green bin at all, it ALL goes into our backyard @joracomposters composter to be turned into nutritional life energy for my gardens.

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IG to last year when my beds were finally built, stained, filled with soil and then planted in. A real doozy of work that project was, but soooo worth it. So grateful I don’t have to build and fill these with soil again this year, but DYINGGGGGGG for warm weather so I can get my seedlings planted and food growing! Anybody else totally squirming for some warmer weather? This is my face all week

#fbfriday to last year when my beds were finally built, stained, filled with soil and then planted in.
A real doozy of work that project was, but soooo worth it.

So grateful I don’t have to build and fill these with soil again this year, but DYINGGGGGGG for warm weather so I can get my seedlings planted and food growing!

Anybody else totally squirming for some warmer weather? This is my face all week 😩😩😩😩
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