Mushroom Gardening
A Karen’s Corner Blogette By Karen Dunn The other day someone wondered why I would grow my own mushrooms when I could go and forage out in the forest. And although we do love going into the woods to forage … Continued
Turning Cilantro Into Sauce
A Karen’s Corner Blogette By Karen Dunn Do you have an abundance of cilantro right now? Every year I make cilantro sauce and freeze it to use throughout the year. Scroll through the photos below and read the captions to … Continued
Turning Chives Into Salt
A Karen’s Corner Blogette by Karen Dunn I have started drying chives for my homemade seasoning salt. While they sit on the counter drying we use a pinch or two in whatever we are eating. Fresh chives on a fried … Continued
Pruning and Fertilizing Roses
By Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette Although I haven’t been a serious rose gardener, I do love the ones I have. And thanks to local gardener Kirsten Eastland and her passion for roses, I am slowly expanding my collection. … Continued
Use Grass Not Bleach
By Karen Dunn. A Karen’s Corner Blogette. I might become known as the crazy lady on Endersby who throws her clean laundry on the grass…but I’m posting this anyway. I was reading a series of books that were centred in … Continued
How to Savour Roses All Year Long
by Karen Dunn & Jennifer Banks-Doll Quadra Island caught rose fever this week with a visit to the Garden Club by rosarian Jason Croutch from the Fraser Valley Rose Farm. Many gardeners went home with a new rose plant…or three! … Continued
What’s Left in the Garden? Carrots!
By Karen Dunn. A Karen’s Corner Blogette. Fresh carrots in the middle of winter? You betcha! I have left carrots in the ground as late as March…but they got a little buggy and hairy. Still edible though. This year’s carrots … Continued
For the Birds
A Karen’s Corner Blogette. By Karen Dunn. For those of you using up the last of your pumpkins and squash…lightly roast the seeds for the birds. They should be gently broken up so that the little birds can access the … Continued
Carrot Update
by Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette My carrots were up in record time this year! The new babies were a little pale looking after being in the dark a little too long. As it was a very hot sunny … Continued
Last Chance to Plant Carrots
by Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette June 24 is carrot planting day for this gal. In my garden I find this date works well to get a good size carrot for my winter crop. Linda Gilkeson plants her final … Continued