June 28th Garden Update

It's been 2 month since the poly tunnel plastic has come off and the sun is in the sky longer. We've already had a couple of heat waves and for the most part, it's been quite dry. My garden is slowly chugging along. I've learned...

Mango Salsa

This is my go to recipe for mango salsa. In Ontario, I only have access to 2 different types of mango. Ataulfo and Apple mango. For the mango salsa, I only use Ataulfo mangoes. I find apple mango doesn't have the intense mango...

First Sugar Snap Pea

So excited to see the first Sugar Snap Pea of the season. I was worried I wouldn't get any since it's sort of getting late and getting hot but the vines just started to bloom. A couple of flowers here and there. And it's finally...

Broccoli and moles

I know broccoli required at least 6 hours of sun and it's a cool temperature plant, but I thought, maybe if it has a bit more shade, then it can survive in hotter weather. Boy was I wrong. My side garden gets about 3-4 hours...

Steamed Minced Meat and Egg

In need of a quick small filler dish? This is an easy way to get an extra dish in with almost no effort at all. This is almost like the egg custard dish but with meat so it honestly doesn't look as smooth since the meat underneath...

Chipmunks and Cabbage worms

Gardening really is one thing after another. Especially since I'm avoiding use of any pesticide and herbicides. It turns out when the chipmunks dug up my bean seeds, they left behind some random seeds behind. No idea what they...

Tangy Green Papaya Soup

Once again, I would call this a base soup. Once you get to know the flavour of different soup ingredients, you'll be able to play around mixing them up. Lots of soups are various of each other. The reason why I call this...