But the vegetable I am most impressed with is the pac choi - it looks so 'pretty' and is growing so profusely now. When I planted the pac choi at the beginning of September it limped along slowly because it was ravaged by something that found it as tasty as I did! The pest seems to have moved along and now the pac choi is thriving.
Tonight we have eight friends from Vancouver visiting, what to cook? Ready in the garden is savoy cabbage, leeks, fennel bulb, swiss chard, kale, spaghetti squash, salad fixings such as arugula and red salad bowl looseleaf lettuce, stirfry greens, and of course, pac choi. Phew....decisions, decisions!!
I recently discovered an interesting farming model - Spin Farming. With its roots (no pun intended!) in Saskatoon of all places, the proponents of this model say that it is possible, using their intensive farming methods, to make $50,000 a year from 1/2 acre. Though I think this figure is high, I like their model. In summary, they advocate using small parcels of land in city neighbourhoods, where up to 3 high-value crops are grown per year per parcel. For somebody like myself who does not have access to farmland this could be an option. City Farm Boy in Vancouver is successfully using this model, as is City Harvest in Victoria.
