The Agricultural Alphabet Starts with Bee ~ I’m someone who truly appreciates nature, including, and probably most importantly, the wondrous bounty of fruits, vegetables, and flowers it provides us with each year. My sensibilities as a cook are always greatly heightened with the arrival of each year's new crop and the anticipation of using fruits and vegetables literally bursting with flavour and freshness. Photo credit: Florian Martys via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA Let's face it … [Read more...]
A Trip to the Atlantic Superstore Flower Market
I recently went on an excursion to our local Brookdale Treeland Nurseries Limited (BTN); they are the supplier of tropical plants, perennials, evergreens, trees and shrubs found in the Atlantic Superstore Flower Market. Four other BTN locations across Canada supply the Flower Market for the other Loblaws chain of stores. A couple of weeks ago, I also had the unique opportunity to interview Peter Cantley, he is the Vice President Floral & Garden, Loblaws Companies Limited. I was able to ask … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday ~ Flowers
Wordless Wednesday ~ A very dear friend of mine recently gave me this beautiful bouquet of flowers! … [Read more...]