Author Archives: Marge Kobewka

Seed Germination Trials: What’s Growing This March?

Experimenting continues. Here is what was started March 9, 2025. Today March 12, 2025 another round of seed starting. Now is wait and see… Perhaps these seeds will germinate and it will be the beginning of this summer’s flower garden. Or… if in a week nothing appears to sprout, well that is OK. I willContinue reading “Seed Germination Trials: What’s Growing This March?”

From Seed to Sprout: My Gardening Journey

Each fall I gather seeds from the plants I’ve grown. I sort, package and label them and have a cupboard full of seed packages/containers. I collect them from everywhere and I wonder…Will they even grow? Onion seeds from 2022, apple seeds from the apple tree, cedar seeds from a Christmas centre piece, and squash seedsContinue reading “From Seed to Sprout: My Gardening Journey”

Backpack Adventures

Slave Lake, Alberta, June 15 to 18, 2023 Adventures in our new Backpack RV trailer are about to begin! Years of tent camping and backcountry overnight hiking with our family, have been exhilarating and we’re not ready to give that up! But we are ready to have, a little more comfort. So here we are withContinue reading “Backpack Adventures”

Gardeners are Dreamers

Anticipation is one of the delights of gardening. Each seed placed in the soil, each small plant tucked in the ground, is a hopeful action. I started my indoor garden far too early and the result was big plants ready to be outdoors and a cold spring that did not accommodate this. So I faithfullyContinue reading “Gardeners are Dreamers”

The Adventures of Nanga Parbat

We were on a mission. Last October we drove to BC to take a look at Armadillo Trailers in Enderby and just for fun we thought we’d also head to Logan Lake to see the summer home of the sled dogs that run near Lake Louise with KingMik Dog Sled Tours. Several dogs were readyContinue reading “The Adventures of Nanga Parbat”

This is transformative…

Sitting in a staff meeting… Teachers seated in the audience, a select group of people at the front leading the meeting dispensing information. Information that may be important to know yet an inefficient way to accomplish the task. That day I remember one statement – emphatically declared that sat like an irritating pebble in myContinue reading “This is transformative…”

We Are Connected

This photo captured my imagination immediately. I’m glad it landed in the collection of family photos. I’ve often wondered about these serious and strong looking individuals with their sheepskin vests, beautiful embroidered shirts and well worn work boots. Hafia, the young woman in the the top left this photo is the great grandmother of ourContinue reading “We Are Connected”