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Permaculture Garden is Our New Baby
Borage seedlings A new vegetable garden is a great responsibility. Novices think, “It would be fun to grow our own food,” the same way they think of getting a puppy. A friend of mine, a grad student,...
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The Earthworms Are Moving Up
If you have followed Speed River Journal for a while you may remember I set up a worm chalet at the end of January (this photo shows it with the lid removed). The red wrigglers have been busy reducing...
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Bringing Inspiration Home
It was good to be away. It is good to be home. Normally vacations leave me mildly depressed about returning to life as usual. This time I am buoyant with new inspiration for the present, and hope for...
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Sustainability: Reflection and Blog Roll
Edible Forest Garden, by Richard Patterson via http://www.flickr.com/photos/sterlingcollege/6184858751/ The more I garden, the more I want to garden. The more I research permaculture, the more I...
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Food Security Depends on Local Strategy
Food sustainability: the author foraging for nettles along the Eramosa River Foraging and slow food have become recurring themes here at Speed River Journal. Yesterday Barb Freda’s blog, Babette...
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Slow Gardening
Borage flowers at sunrise The Slow Food movement is changing the way people eat. We have heard of related concepts like slow blogging and slow living. Often the best progress is done in tiny steps....
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Our top secret groundhog repellent
I have finally found an effective groundhog repellent. It is readily available, costs nothing and doubles as an effective organic fertilizer. It even pushes forward our mandate to reduce and reuse....
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Beginners’ vermicomposting
This blog’s second-ever most popular post appeared a year ago, on Feb. 1, 2012. In honour of the 32nd Annual Guelph Organic Conference taking place this weekend, and Cathy’s Crawly Composters, and all...
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Time to plant potatoes
This year’s seed potatoes arrived in the mail this morning! I have to pick up some bales of straw and then planting can begin. Last year’s garden gave an underwhelming performance. Drought delayed the...
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Spring planting
I planted the garden today. This is the earliest I have ever planted tomatoes. It is a risk because chilly weather is expected early next week and then we are going away for five days. However, the...
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