Karen Bertelsen

Some weeks are filled with big, impressive accomplishments. This one was filled with a boiling carcass and poltergeist. 🕰 I Went to Shoppers Canadians know what that means instantly. I was standing outside Shoppers Drug

Fall is supposed to be about winding down. Cozy sweaters, shutting things off, preparing for winter. Southern Ontario missed that memo as we are entering our 17th month of summer. I love you summer but

Apple season is here. Which means my crisper drawer is about to become either a luxury jam factory or a compost museum. Also this week, I'm a dirty liar, the harvest continues and installing a

Sometimes you just want to look at the pretty flowers. Today I have some of the prettiest for you courtesy of my local dahlia society. A dahlia show isn't just a show and tell for

My Weekend Plans & A Very Pretty Picture

A look at the August garden in all its wild, unfiltered glory—dahlias, zinnias, marigolds, and one very confident cabbage.

The $10 Toaster, Butterfly Attacks & Emergency Dessert

It’s been another week of gardening, mild poultry-related mania, and one deeply judgmental owl. Let’s begin. 🦉 Snacks Is Back Snacks, the owl who lives in the box on my tree, is officially back on

This isn’t a list of “must-haves" but these are the things I bought that actually turned out to be good. Like, really good. Things that did exactly what they promised—or more. this will be explained

I had the week off. A full week. Seven days. One hundred and sixty-eight hours. A gift from the calendar gods to finally clean up the garden. So naturally, by the end of it, the