Tag Archives: Gardening

Toxins on our Food

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Barry Pomeroy

Nearly twenty years ago I was on a cross Canada road trip and I had become accustomed enough to the sight of stacks of jugs near prairie dumps that I no longer remarked on it. On this occasion I was … Continue reading →

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After a Day, They get Huge

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I arrived at the land today by dinnertime, and I was hungry enough to eat right after I put everything away and opened the buildings, and picked the zucchini which had grown huge in my absence. If you leave them … Continue reading →

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Hauling Muck

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

Films often end on the same scenes of their opening, a kind of hint to the audience to what is coming. In my case, I hauled muck this morning, just as I did in the spring. I skimmed it from … Continue reading →

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Moose Curiosity and Alice

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I woke early this morning and lay for a long time wishing for sleep. Finally I got up and set the computer on charge with the inverter even before the sun supplied any more than twenty watts. Then I went … Continue reading →

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Working in the Rain

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

It rained heavy in the night, although the slugs are not bothering my zucchini and potatoes anyway. My cisterns were all full and there was lots of water in the pond too. I drained the big barrel though, since it … Continue reading →

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Back with my Mouth

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

My trip to the city was successful after a fashion. I never was able to visit some of the people I wanted to see, but within hours of arriving on Tuesday, I was in a dentist and paying two hundred … Continue reading →

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What is that Smell?

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

Although I dreaded the labour, I was on my way to the pallet shed near the road fairly early and ferrying back two pallets, the tin box Chris gave me, and two sheets of chipboard I had in the shed. … Continue reading →

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Gardening

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

Today threw off the dark clouds and the rain of yesterday and was bright and sunny. For me it was a bit of a gardening day, combined with trimming the ferns in the yard with the whippersnapper and then cutting … Continue reading →

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An Answer for the Future

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

It was brilliant and sunny again today and incongruously I spent the first part of the morning inside. I did some more work on the cedar cladding and then set up the foundation of the old woodshed. Then I repotted … Continue reading →

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Gardening and Moving Wood

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Barry Pomeroy

I guess today was productive, after a fashion. I dug the new hole for the fridge, or perhaps more properly, root cellar, and then half filled the spot where it had been with wood. I’d built that as an extension … Continue reading →

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