May at the Farm and Other Good Things

From the City...

On the weekend Simon and I made the trek to Laura's farm to visit (little boys, baby chicks and piglets), eat amazing food (waffles, bbq pork chops, pasta salad) and marvel at the amount of work that needs to get done (weeding, watering, transplanting etc etc x 12)

Here's some pics:

A bird Nate rescued from the front yard

Nate's blind pet turkey (do you notice a trend here?)

A fresh hatched chicken (sadly the rest weren't so lucky)

Also, after lots and lots (and lots) of consideration, Simon and I have decided to ditch the city for a couple of months and move to a small town. Here are some pics of our garden up north.

Red devil bushes that Simon ripped out with his hands

Simon digging

Weeded, seeded and watered (Mixed salad greens bed)

We also dug a similar size bed to house all of our favorite herbs; basil, thyme, oregano, spearmint, chocolate mint, cilantro and rosemary.

Happy Sunday everyone!

Hooray for Seedy Saturday on Sunday

From the City,

Today at the Wychwood Barns, one of my favorite places in Toronto, they had their annual seed sale. This year was much more fun for me than last year because this year, I actually have a place to plant the seeds I buy. Our backyard is small but has plenty of space for a garden which I dug out in the fall (roughly 12 feet by 4 feet) and a large porch just aching for some containers of herbs and tomatoes.

Simon and I decided to divide and conquer at the seed sale, both armed with a list and our seed money, Simon took one side and I took the other. When we met at the end, I quickly realized that we probably should worked together. Let's just say, our garden will be heavy with heirloom tomatoes and peppers.

Here's the Goods:

Matchbox Garden and Seed

Cubit's

The Cottage Gardener

Urban Tomato

Simon and I spending money....

Lastly, a book we picked up from author Gayla Trail. It's pretty perfect for us because it's helpful to find tips specifically for small urban farmers. It's also nice to meet the author of a book and realize how cool and dare I say, down to earth, they really are. Gayla also makes these really great buttons and shirts. Simon picked up one: The Revolution will be Cultivated.

Fingers crossed.

I still don't think we have all of our seeds but we're definitely on our way to food freedom.

Have a good Sunday!