My Everchanging Garden
Gardening That Grows With Me
Welcome to my garden blog
I love to garden. I also love to experiment. Throw the two together and you have my everchanging garden.
In 2004 we purchased a little over 2 acres in the country in Southern Ontario. My garden has taken many twists and turns since then and I have made many discoveries along the way. My blog is a simple record of how our garden landscape has changed over the years. I also post our family recipes, something I can refer to easily and share among family and friends.
I post here for my own garden record. It’s my garden journal and bullet journal of to-do lists and goals. If you manage to stumble upon a page or two, I hope you enjoy a little of what is here.
Latest from the Blog
Individual Cottage Cheese Egg ‘Soufflé’
Category: Let's Talk Recipes
I do these cottage cheese egg bakes in individual ramekins, which makes the recipe easy to scale from one person to however many you need. Recipe (2 large servings) 3/4 to 1 cup chopped vegetables (any combination of onions, mushrooms, peppers, zucchini, spinach, Swiss chard, tomatoes) 4 large eggs 100 grams of cottage cheese (I… Read more »
Coconut Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies
Category: Let's Talk Recipes
I had been craving a cookie with coconut and butterscotch chips, so I started with a Freedom Treasure Cookie recipe from a popular “cookie bible.” Unfortunately, it was a complete disappointment. The dough couldn’t support even 3 cups of add-ins (oats, coconut, and chips), let alone the up to 5 cups the recipe suggested. So… Read more »
Monday Night Chicken Thighs: One Sheet Pan, Different Marinades
Category: Let's Talk Recipes
Somewhere along the way, Monday became chicken thigh night at our house. I love cooking but I’m not a fan of thinking about what to cook (or grocery shopping). So weekdays are somewhat routine in terms of what meat we eat. What keeps this dinner from getting dull is the herb garden. The marinade changes… Read more »
Whiskey Sour
Category: Let's Talk Recipes
1-2 dashes angostura bitters 2 oz rye 3/4 oz lemon juice 3/4 oz simple syrup 1/2 oz egg white (1/2 large egg) Mix ingredients and dry shake. Add ice & shake 45 seconds. Enjoy over square ice with dehydrated orange slice
Lemon Spritz Cookies (Not Too Sweet)
Category: Let's Talk Recipes
This is a fresh, lemony twist on my original Christmas spritz cookie recipe. These are only slightly sweet with the traditional butter texture. I think the zest adds more to the flavour than the lemon juice. Ingredients 1 cup (227 g) butter, very soft ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar 1 large egg, room temperature… Read more »
Rustic Leek & Onion Sausage Gratin
Category: Let's Talk Recipes
This is a layered casserole of potatoes, crisped leek and onion sausage, and onions in a wine sauce, topped with Gruyère. Ingredients 3 medium potatoes 2 leek & onion sausages from Sobeys (casings removed) 1 large onion, sliced pole-to-pole 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 cups chicken broth ½… Read more »
Banana Blueberry-Raspberry Oatmeal Yogurt Bake
Category: Let's Talk Recipes
An easy to make, healthy oatmeal breakfast. Lot’s of fruit makes it sweet enough that you don’t need a lot of added sweetener (I used honey, you could swap with maple syrup). Ingredients 2 ripe bananas 300 grams high protein plain yogurt (just under 1 ¼ cups) 1 cup milk* 1/4 cup maple syrup or… Read more »
Growing Annual Vinca For The First Time
Category: Let's Talk Plants
I purchased some annual vinca (Catharanthus roseus), also known as Madagascar periwinkle, part way through the season last year to rejuvenate some tired planters. These are amazing annuals for hot, dry conditions. They bloomed not stop, even better than verbena. And, lucky for me, they are deer and rabbit resistant. Varieties and Sources I’m not… Read more »