A tomato plant that never made it into the earth last summer managed to survive the winter indoors and is now poppin flowers while we enjoy record warm temperatures for this time of year...we'll see what happens when it comes time to move it outside with all the little ones that are now starting on the windowsills.

Bike stoke.

Contents (minus, lunch and spare cloths) from my pack that rides with me on the daily commute.




Also, if you haven't heard, the canadian federal conservative government is proposing to eliminate fish habitat protection measures from the Fisheries Act! ...Not GOOD! Read up and take action. No habitat, means no fish...a pretty critical issue when it comes to fisheries ecosystem based management.


take care
peace
e

photo's by eric berglund

We've been going a little nuts the last two weeks, harvesting some bounty and cashing in on some good deals on cases of fruit and then canning the living daylights out of it. It's a bit of work, but knowing the cellar will be good and full come the winter and that we won't have to buy tomatoes from say, Mexico is a small price to pay.

Some garden treats.

These were some of the best peaches i have ever had in my life. I shit you not.



So far this week:
- 1.75 bushel's of local apples to apple sauce
- 70 peaches into cans and a about 30 eaten fresh
- 1 bushel of Norfolk Ontario Roma Tomatoes slow roasted in the oven and frozen. These were topped with fresh basil and local garlic.
- 8 liters of Andrews awesome dill pickle recipe (passed down through generations) (cukes from sleepy g farm).
- 1 bushel of the same tomatoes and a pile of peppers into tomato sauce.

photo's by
eric

peace
e

Some tomatoes coming along nicely and captured with the new Canon 7D.
Sick clicker!


These are from a few weeks ago, when a storm came through at 12:30a.m and i made a dash for Hillcrest park.


A log at Neys provincial park.


peace e.

photo's by eric berglund

What do you do when your sick with the flu for half the week?...well, watch the seedlings grow i guess.

Eight heritage varieties of early season tomatoes for the garden this summer, including: Green velvet; Harbinger; Black cherry; Sub-arctic maxi; Golden Queen; Acadian Cherry; Blond Kopfchen; and Manitoba tomatoes, all from Upper Canada Seeds.

Seedlings reaching for the warm spring sunlight.


Watching the seedlings grow can get a little tedious, if that's all you do. Been spending a bit of time reading up and planning the multi purpose shed i'm gonna build once the snow disappears for good. A place to shape a few boards and for Nance to do some potting. Picked up three old-school looking windows from the re-store for $3 and plan to side the building in cedar or pine shiplap boards from a local sawmill. We've also scored some reclaimed ceder shakes from my sisters basement wall, that will be used for the roof. All in all it's pretty deadly in my head, now to just put it into reality.

As for the surf report from April fools days: John and Winston managed some small clean ones. Mostly the result of too much North wind and not quite enough East. While, further south at Stoney Point, the Duluth/Twin City-ites got some nice ones throughout the day.

This one is courtesy of Ben Moren. 

While props go to Ryan (last name unknown) who posted this on the
Superior Surf Club site as well.



Sick waves for sure. Looks like the stars might align for a Northeast on Sunday and even into Monday.

live simply.
eric


seeding photo by Eric Berglund