Grow Your Own Food

As gardeners, we can take the load off the planet by growing more food – and it’s easier than you might think. Here, organic-gardener extraordinaire Carolyn Herriot provides tips and techniques on how you can join the “Grow Your Own” celebration, starting with her top-10 picks for edible ornaments. Carolyn Herriot discusses the "grow your own" movement, along with providing a listing of her top ten picks for edible ornamental plants, and a list of Food Festivals throughout B.C. more...

Edible Flowers

Edible flowers are often used to add elegance to salads, decorate desserts or dress up a dinner plate. Other blossoms, such as squash, are stuffed and fried. more...

Make Garlic Spread

Sheena Adams shares her recipe for delicious garlic spread! more...

Onion, Leek and Kale Soup

Sheena Adams shares her deliciously warming recipe for onion, leek and kale soup. more...

Rosemary Rewards

Magical Rosmarinus with its pine/ginger aroma warded off evil, bonded friendships and kept away the plague. more...

Make Garden Salsa

From the Garden to the Kitchen more...

Pepper Power

Peppers from mild to medium, from hot to ay caramba! are ready in the garden and at farmers’ markets. more...

Salad Days

“Designer greens” have now become de rigueur for health-conscious Canadians. These leafy mixes, known as mesclun (or cut-and-come-again vegetables), are not only low in calories, but provide more nutritional value than the good old salad standby – iceberg lettuce. And they are very tasty. more...

Lemon & Garlic Chicken with Citrus Gravy

Lemon and garlic combined with fresh free-range chicken add up to a taste explosion in this super-easy dish. more...

Heavenly Preserves

Extend your enjoyment of the fruits - and vegetables - of your labours by canning your own garden harvest. more...