London, England is one of those places that seems as familiar as your hometown, even if you’ve never been there.
Blooms from a Stratford garden
The view of a Stratford home garden, from a grateful guest garden caretaker.
More home jamming
Most of us who like to cook have items that we never buy ready-made: on the top of that list, for me, is jam.
Noodling with veggies
Zucchinis can grow to the size of baseball bats: this “pasta” recipe makes good use of these monster veggies.
Building a tower of giraffes
Giraffes apparently demand company. Once you have one, someone spots it and gets you another. And another.
Good fences make good gardens: photo gallery
In a walk around Cabbagetown, you’ll notice a wonderful interplay of fences and flora.
City farms for city markets
As his tagline says, he’s “fighting for financial independence with a backyard garden.”
My Canada: 150 tales about the country I call home
I hope you will gain a new appreciation for the complexity of a country that, against many odds, has become a beacon of civilization in our modern times.