Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
December and still getting juicy carrots 😋
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Post hip op day 4, I can't make any gardening vids, but managed to escape the ministrations of Mrs. F for ten minutes to harvest some grapes and toms from the greenhouse 😀
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So, I got away quite lightly from Hurricane Fiona, just my small greenhouse door blown off and the destruction of my bean tunnel.
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Summer is all about fresh flavours and although it is still early Summer here in Nova Scotia, so I can’t say the carrots and tomatoes in this dish are mine, but the basil that lifted the quiche was fresh from the greenhouse, the garlic scapes( I talked about them being ready in a recent video!) and thyme were fresh from the garden and roasted in olive oil to give the carrots extra fresh flavour. I love Summer 😋 Ooh and I also sautéed a couple of the scapes whole, in olive oil to add that extra smooth garlic taste!
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Apologies for my lack of videos posted for the last week or so, I have been too busy with this view 😎 Back today from Barbados to find that the garden has gone crazy, so watch out for a ton of catch up pics, missing that view though 😀
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Many thanks to Bruce MacDonald from Cape Breton for sending me these Hablitzia (Caucasian Mountain Spinach) seeds. I’m looking forward to trying out this perennial veg!
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My apologies for this morning 10th April. YouTube wouldn’t let me go live. I will look to reschedule.
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Live Q&A Sunday 10th April. Join me for a Sunday morning chat in the greenhouse and I'll be potting up my tomato seedlings. See you there!
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Make a date! See you tomorrow at 1000 AST, book reading live and Q&A after.
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I am excited to announce that I have just completed my first book called "The Optimistic Gardener - A Gardener's Journey Through Throat Cancer".
The book chronicles my cancer journey, through the shock of diagnosis, the sometimes-tortuous path of cancer treatment and how I believe the medicinal properties of gardening, both psychologically, physiologically and using that most important quality of a gardener, optimism, helped me through this painful time. I am no medical expert, and I don’t pretend to give any medical advice in this book, but I hope to give you a general idea of what you will go through in your own journey through throat cancer, even if it maybe won’t exactly match mine. I have also included some stories from my past life as a sailor in the Royal Navy. I included these stories to show how they also helped to shape the way I approached my journey. Most importantly I hope to be able to inspire you to look forward with that little bit of optimism and fortitude that the gardener needs, if they wish to come through a season in the garden, with all the trials and tricks mother nature has in store. The Ebook is available for pre-order from Amazon online and will be released on Monday 14th March as will the paperback. Your support would be greatly appreciated and I am sure you will enjoy it 😀.
I would love you to join me live for a reading of the first chapter on:
Saturday 12th March at 1000 AST on Instagram. and Sunday 1000 AST on my YouTube channel The Optimistic Gardener. I’ll be taking questions after.
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Hello and welcome to my channel, my name is Steve Farley and I am an optimistic gardener and Garden Coach, specialising in kitchen/ culinary gardens. It's good to be an optimist as a gardener. Every year we start with a handful of seeds, a few cuttings or small plants, hoping they grow into beautiful flowers or big juicy fruit and veg! I am that optimistic gardener, so join me as an Englishman in my Nova Scotia garden on my optimistic journey through the gardening year, which in Nova Scotia means late Springs, short but humid Summers and up and down but long Winters. I hope to inspire you to get out in the sun (and the rain!), with growing tips, projects both large and small and to feel that thrill of the Optimistic Gardener!
If you are interested in Project Management or need some PM skills for an upcoming large or complicated home project, why not try out my project management channel - The Optimistic Project Manager here - youtube.com/channel/UCADjEY7drhv64RS6Vb17neA