Hope Ness
92 Cathedral Drive N0H 1W0 Lions Head, ON, Canada

For various reasons this spring a lot of people decided for various reasons related to Covid 19 to plant a garden and grow their own food. They may have had some past experience, or not, in which case they likely did a certain amount of preparatory research and planning in hopes of a bountiful outcome. But I suspect no amount of homework prepared them for the realities of this growing season. [ 690 more words ] http://findinghopeness.com//the-polar-vortex-challenge-lo/

What’s with the weather? Here in southern Ontario, Canada, in The Great Lakes region of North America, as we approach mid-May, to say the weather in ‘unseasonable,’ is to put it mildly. No sooner is that word out of my fingertips and on the cyber-page than it seems incongruous in the circumstances: it’s anything but mild outside. It’s cold, and wintry cold at that, with sub-zero, night temperatures in the seven-day Environment Canada forecast. [ 833 more words ] http://findinghopeness.com//successful-gardening-in-a-tim/

I’m Canadian, eh. And a modest market gardener, living and working in a sparsely populated rural area. So, I guess I’m more culturally obsessed with the weather than a lot of people in Canada who now mostly live in big cities. It wasn’t always so; but more about that later. I have been reminded yet again that keeping tabs on the now-frequent wanderings of the Jet Stream is key to understanding Canadian weather; and in particular, here on the Saugeen/Bruce Peninsula, and elsewhere in southern Ontario. [ 921 more words ] http://findinghopeness.com//gardening-and-weather-the-fir/

Far be it from me to traffic in dangerously unrealistic comments and other false hopes about the current Coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. But for what it’s worth, regarding the lifting of essential spirits, I humbly say the following: The garlic is up, here at the end of Cathedral Drive, Hope Ness. Just an inch or so, mind you; and a little touched by frost at the tip. [ 549 more words ] http://findinghopeness.com//03/28/and-now-for-some-good-n/

Another old friend has died; and I daresay the friend of many others my age whose lives were enriched, and affected thoughtfully and spiritually by watching the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman in the 1960s. [ 164 more words ] http://findinghopeness.com//on-the-passing-of-max-von-syd/