Our End-of-Season Review Process
This summer, I mentioned to a friend that we were growing a few different types of melons despite our short and relatively cool growing...
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FIELD JOURNAL
Our log of experiences and experiments growing our own food.
Since 2014 we have been growing food on borrowed land in the city. Some of it we sell and some of it we eat. These are the stories of our experiences along the way. Use the search bar on the right to look for posts in the blog that match your interests. For more specific information about our growing methods and record keeping, check out the educational opportunities on our Grow With Us page.
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Nov 30, 20227 min
Growing, Threshing, and Milling Our Own Wheat
I feel like I am cheating on my vegetables a little when I say this, but to be honest, wheat may have been my favourite crop to grow this...
Nov 2, 20223 min
Ginger Makes Its Debut
Ginger used to be on the list of crops I thought we would never grow in our cold climate but now it may have a place in our crop...
Sep 30, 20227 min
How Garlic Spacing Impacts Bulb Size and Total Yield
If you've ever found yourself looking for specific vegetable growing information, then I can almost guarantee that you have been...
Aug 31, 20228 min
Growing Potatoes in Containers
We have chosen to focus on growing our food in the soil almost exclusively these days because we have the space for field production and...
Jul 30, 20221 min
My Path to Ethical Agriculture
This spring, I had the chance to sit down for a chat with Kristeva Dowling, host of the Ethical Agriculture Podcast. It was an...
Jun 30, 20229 min
What to Do First in the Garden
If you've ever grown a vegetable garden, I'm sure you have asked yourself the question, "What should I do first?" and if you haven't been...
Apr 29, 20227 min
Heating Water With Our Walk-In Cooler
Yes. You read that correctly. This is the story of one of the most exciting upgrades we will be making to our property this year. It...
Mar 31, 20228 min
How We Take the Guesswork Out of Garden Planning
Have you ever found yourself strolling out to your garden plot with your seeds and tools in hand, only to arrive and be reminded that you...
Feb 28, 20226 min
Leaping Into Small-Scale Grain Production
Last month's food tracking exercise showed us that the majority of our food can come from our own garden, even in the middle of winter,...
Jan 31, 20226 min
Eating From Our Garden in January
Based on my experience of being immersed in the local food scene in our city for the last decade, it has become clear that the public...
Dec 30, 20215 min
Growing and Winnowing Our Own Amaranth Grain
I have become accustomed to answering a lot of questions while I work since a lot of our growing space is visible to the public, but...
Nov 26, 20216 min
Stretching the Growing Season with Relay Planting
If we limit our growing time to the number of days between our spring and fall frost dates, we don't have much time to work with here in...
Oct 21, 20214 min
Growing Potatoes Without Digging
Can you really grow potatoes under mulch with no digging at all? And if so, how would the yield and labour requirement compare to...
Aug 31, 20216 min
Taking Our Vegetable Garden on the Road
Like many vegetable growers, we have a love for the outdoors and that love can lead us away from the garden throughout the summer to...
Jul 28, 20215 min
Growing Vegetables Without Rain
This isn't the kind of subject I would prefer to write about, but rainless growing has unfortunately become the reality in Saskatoon this...
Jun 30, 20216 min
A Compost Bin to Last a Lifetime
When we redesigned the layout of our home garden plot last fall, I designated some space to build a larger and more central set of...
May 31, 20218 min
Patience, Pacing, and Practice: An Improved Mindset for Spring Planting
When I started growing my own food, I thought that vegetable gardens were planted in the spring and harvested in the fall. Since then my...
Apr 29, 20215 min
8 Upgrades That Have Made Our Garden Work More Productive
Most of the growers that I work with are keen to grow more food with less time, in less space, or both. If you can, why not? In this...
Mar 31, 20214 min
Using Vegetables in the Off Season
Hi, Rachel here, with an update from the kitchen side of our food growing adventures. For the majority of our relationship, Jared and I...
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