Cold Brewed Tea

Tea in general has been a huge interest of mine ever since I can remember. I especially have a fairly decent collection of Chinese Tea – ranging from Pu’er tea cakes through to high mountain greens. It still amazes me how all teas types generally come from the same plant (camellia sinensis), but due to […]

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Strawberry Popcorn

This growing season I decided to plant Strawberry Popcorn. And no, the corn isn’t strawberry flavoured. There is actually a plant that is called Strawberry Popcorn. It’s an heirloom variety, producing rather small ears (3-5 inches) of corn, encrusted with these tiny ruby like kernels. I placed a whole ear of corn in the microwave […]

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A lesson learned…

… is a lesson earned. An older post of mine showed two newly made raised garden beds that I hurriedly assembled and filled in time for spring planting. During spring, everything we planted in them seemed to grow exceptionally well. We made many spinach harvests and our garlic fattened up as well. This spot is ideal, […]

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Basil & Cashew Dip

Since I came back from my overseas trip, a lot of things have changed in the garden. The blistering 40 degree weather had killed a few young plants I planted. It also burned a lot of leaves, and my zucchini plant has stopped producing fruit with the onset of the cooler weather. Therefore, I was […]

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