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Make Your Own Seed Bombs!

It’s that time of year to seed bomb the city! I found this basic recipe for seed balls on Heavy Petal, last year and it works great:

  • 5 parts dry red clay*
  • 3 parts dry organic compost
  • 1 part seed**
  • 1 – 2 parts water

We used a 16oz. plastic cup as a measure, which made enough for approximately 300 seedballs. After mixing together all the dry ingredients, we added enough water to form a mix that held together without crumbling but wasn’t so wet that it wouldn’t roll into balls. Pinching off small bits of the lovely mud, we rolled penny-sized balls and set them in trays. They will sit on my windowsill for three or four days until completely dry.

May Day Garden Party

May Day Garden Party

Please join us May 1st at noon for the third annual Cedar Cottage Garden Spring Fling in Vancouver, BC! I am very excited and a little nervous because I am signed up to be a vendor for this event and will be selling my handmade aprons, to die for hazelnut truffles, homemade salves, soapnut laundry p ...

Grow Vegetables Encoded With Your Own DNA

Grow Vegetables Encoded With Your Own DNA

Beautiful information about planting a garden that is in tune with your own personal DNA. Source: Amazing Seed Planting Secret explore a world full of meaning and connection. A very special gateway to the Green World we are all desperately dreaming of and working towards. I will quote ...

Foodie’s Follow Friday 4 – Food Sovereignty

Foodie’s Follow Friday 4 – Food Sovereignty

I have teamed up with Alex over at www.amoderatelife.com and April of 21st Century Housewife to host the Feed Me! Tweet Me! Follow Me Home Friday Friend Builder Linky. Scroll to the bottom of this page to link up your Real food lovin' blog so we can all get to know each other. Focus on Food Sover ...

Seedy Saturday 2010

Seedy Saturday 2010

I have been wanting to go to Seedy Saturday for the past couple years, but somehow missed it each time. This year I was determined to get there, and so I rushed off after my last day of work. It was a sad morning as we got news of the earthquake in Chile and three of the ladies in the kitchen are fr ...

Parmesan-Pumpkin Seed Crackers

Parmesan-Pumpkin Seed Crackers

This tasty snack can be made with any nut or seed or combination of. It makes a great crust as well. 1c curds (ground) 1c pumpkin seeds (soaked, toasted and ground) 1/2 c sunflower seeds (ST&G) 2T butter or other fat (coconut, tallow, goose) 1/2c parmesan Method: I don't have a food p ...

Planting Balcony Garden 09

Planting Balcony Garden 09

Next It was a long cold winter this year and many plants were killed by the ton of snow Vancouver got. Luckily we have a spare room that does quite well as a greenhouse in the spring. I ordered some of my favorite plants from my favorite seed companies, in fact I even became a member of the Hudson ...

Favorite Canadian Seed Savers

Favorite Canadian Seed Savers

I had a look through a ton of companies in Canada selling seeds online and chose out about ten that looked interesting and had websites that were workable on my computer. I mostly leaned towards West Coast seed companies, but there was one company from Ontario that is simply outstanding and couldn' ...

Favorite US Seed Savers

Favorite US Seed Savers

Horizon Herbs is easily my favorite seed company. But that's simply because I love reading the seed catalog that they send out. It is jam packed with useful herbal information as well as some interesting anecdotes of adventures to find seeds. They have an incredibly extensive range of hard to find ...

Potato & Wild Herb Salad

Potato & Wild Herb Salad

This is really delicious. Feel free to try whatever herbs you find or like in this salad or to add or subtract ingredients as you see fit. Video Demo. serves 4 1 large onion 1 inch dried sausage, diced small 1 inch ginger, grated 2-3 toes garlic, minced or pounded 1/2 - 3/4 c extra ...