Tag Archives: Garlic
Measured Out in Coffee Spoons
By Cam Mather In my on-going “life as a song lyric” series, where I live vicariously through music, I was recently taken back to my suburban life. It was one of those “angry Cam” days when a whole series of things had me in a pissy mood… climate change/idiots & morons/May weather in March exposing …
That Little Voice in My Head
By Cam Mather I left my house the other night. Yup, it was a dangerous thing to do. ‘Cuz the voice that talks inside my head constantly gets just a little crazy when I’m out in the big scary world. Kind of like Travis Bickle from the movie “Taxi Driver” but without the guns. I …
Homesteading is a Messy Game
By Cam Mather Mother Earth News was recently preparing an article about homesteading and asked me a bunch of questions, one of which was “What are the biggest misconceptions people have about homesteading and homemaking?” My answer was “That homesteading can be tidy and that every homestead is picture-perfect. The truth is it’s a messy, …
Getting Paid for What I Love to Do
By Cam Mather I planted my first vegetable garden when I was 16. I have no idea why. I lived in suburbia and was a pretty typical teenager. I liked rock music, bought a long coat like the one the members of the band Foreigner wore on the cover of their first album, couldn’t wait …
All That “Stuff” That Comes from the Ground
By Cam Mather When I spoke at the Queen’s University Commerce and Engineering Environmental Conference last spring I sat in on a talk by another speaker, who represented the mining industry. I believe his approach was to suggest that no one likes mining, but if you have a cell phone in your pocket, you are …
It’s Garlic Cleaning Season Here at Sunflower Farm
Michelle’s Note: As I mentioned in our last post, it’s a pretty busy time of year around here. Whenever we have a spare minute of time we clean garlic. This is a post from last August in which Cam writes about his garlic growing experiences. Last year we grew (and cleaned) about 4,000 heads – …
Learning a Lot from the Happy Wanderers
By Cam Mather We had our second experience hosting volunteer helpers here at Sunflower Farm last week. And just like our week with Mike and Melissa in early June, it was a pretty awesome experience. HelpX (https://www.helpx.net/index.asp) is similar to the WWOOF program (http://www.wwoof.org/) but you don’t necessarily have to be an organic farm to …
“Can’t You Just Spray?”
By Cam Mather This was the question that my neighbor Ken asked me recently. I had just told him about the bugs eating my berries. “Can’t you just spray?” So how’d you spend your weekend? Road trip? Shopping? Reading at the coffee shop? I spent a recent weekend here on my knees cutting garlic scapes …
Getting Overwhelmed by My Garden
By Cam Mather My garden is a daunting thing at this time of year. In fact I often stand looking at it in stark terror, the way that I would look at the prospect of crossing one of those decrepit rope bridges over a gorge of sharp rocks while being chased by zombies. It never …
The Misanthrope Gets a Visitor… or Twenty….
By Cam Mather My picture is in the dictionary! It’s on page 1,018 under the listing for the word “misanthrope – one who dislikes, distrusts, or has contempt for the human species.” My picture is there and everything! OK, so maybe that’s a bit extreme, and I would probably be better described as “curmudgeonly” rather …
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