Quote of the Week
Happy Thanksgiving
by Leslie Cox; Sunday, October 12, 2014
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am so very thankful for my wonderful husband and happy little puppy…not to mention all my kids and grandkids, the rest of my family and all of our friends near and far. I am truly, truly blessed by them all and for the life that I now lead…today and always.
Our New Neighbours – Chukar Partridges
by Leslie Cox; Saturday, October 11, 2014
Well, it turns out our new neighbours…the chukar partridges, or Alectoris chukar to give them their proper name…are showcased on the Royal British Columbia Museum’s website as an alien species.
Small wonder. The chukars are native to Eurasia…same as the Eurasian ring-necked doves that moved into the neighbourhood about five years ago. There are at least fourteen subspecies of chukars depicting the slight variations between countries of origin…Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, Nepal, western Himalayas and dipping down into the Sinai Peninsula in Africa.
New Visitor to Our Neighbourhood
by Leslie Cox; Friday, October 10, 2014
These birds have been spotted in our neighbourhood recently. Never seen them before. Very timid…hard to get close to. Had to rely on my zoom lens…and keep Sadie on her leash.
Stay tuned! Will be posting more about these birds very soon.
Zucchinis That Will Not Quit!
by Leslie Cox; Wednesday, October 8, 2014
A check through my Harvest Log for 2014 shows we started picking zucchinis on July 7th. Those ones were ‘Dark Star’. Then came the first of the French heirloom ‘Ronde de Nice’ on the 9th and the hybrid F1 ‘Gold Rush’ on the 15th.
And we have been picking ever since! Well…up until the last ‘Gold Rush’ came off on Oct. 4th, that is. Yesterday we pulled up the plants and put them on the compost pile.
Tomato Harvest Tally
by Leslie Cox; Tuesday, September 29, 2014
Because I am curious by nature and because I genuinely wanted to see some concrete numbers, I kept a tally on some of the produce we grew in our garden this summer. Namely…tomatoes, cucumbers and summer squashes.
Just finished catching up on the data entry task after my latest tomato haul. To date…we have harvested 79 lb 7 oz (36.03 kg). And there are still more tomatoes to harvest yet.
