My last post was a little negative and despite me being a bit confused by my garden this year, I need to redeem myself and say that I once again love my garden and I need to be more appreciative of what it provides to me. Here are four great things to celebrate with my garden right now:
1. Inuvik was lucky enough to welcome the Minister Carolyn Bennett to our community. She is the federal Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs and came north to discuss the Nutrition North program and food security in Canada's North. She also took some of her time to tour the Inuvik Community Greenhouse. So great!
2. I had a great harvest from the garden this week and got to share it with some of my friends for an amazing supper. I picked my 1 head of broccoli which I now wish I planted more of and picked all my little summer squash and a few interesting beets. Love it all!
3. In my yard my lilacs have bloomed. I planted these shrubs about 7 years ago and this is the most blossoms I have gotten in one summer. In the North I first saw lilac bushes in Fort Simpson and decided if they could grow there, they could grow in Inuvik. Unfortunately the blossoms only lasted a couple days but they were beautiful!
4. Finally, it is pesto making season as the green and garden harvest is so plentiful right now. I find this to be the perfect pesto recipe:
Garden Pesto
2 cloves of garlic
2 cups greens- don't be picky, this can be kale, bsil, mint, carrot leaves, etc.
1/2 cup oil- don't be picky, use any type of oil
1/4 cup nuts- don't be picky, any nuts work including pine nuts (expensive), almonds, walnuts, etc.
Mix together, then add:
1/2 cup cheese
Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
Blend together in the nutribullet or blender.
Happy gardening.
S.
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