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Continue reading →: High, Low, Buffalo: A Garden Season RecapFor a few years now at the dinner table, my boys and I play a game called High, Low, Buffalo — one high point from the day, one low, and one “buffalo” — something weird, new, or unexpected. It keeps the conversation flowing beyond “school was good”. This week, looking…
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Continue reading →: The Great Garden Drought of 2025I’m a late adopter. I’m stubborn and fight against new ideas and change, much to my own detriment – I recognize this. I took a degree program that used the Mac computer as opposed to PC, in an industry where Macs were THE operating system of choice … and bought…
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Continue reading →: Welcome FriendLooking around on the interweb lately, mainly on social media, I’m disappointed. When I planted my first vegetable garden almost 20 years ago, I did so without the confusing, exclusive, and cliquey narrative that’s out there right now. I can’t imagine having the guts to start something new while feeling…
Hello,
I’m Natalie
Welcome to Chickadee Jane, the internet version of my vegetable garden and kitchen. I’m a mid-40’s Canadian with an off-line job, living in a small farming and tourism-based community. My first real garden was in 2004. Since that time I’ve learned what to grow, what works for me (hello easy), and how I can transfer that in a simple, delicious way to the kitchen. I get so frustrated with the cliquey complexity and boxed-in nature of today’s online gardening info (trad-wife anyone?). I’d love to help anyone who just wants to grow some food and spend time outside. Find your own piece of dirt; let’s grow together.
Chickadee Jane 