by Marie-Eve Blanchet | Oct 30, 2022 | Garden Updates
A taste of fall October should have brought the end of the vegetable garden with the first hard frost, but it didn’t! Being so close to the shore, the water buffered overnight temperatures and we only had a very light frost that nipped a few tomato and nasturtium...
by Marie-Eve Blanchet | Oct 22, 2022 | Soil
Soil is not dirt. This distinction is often overlooked by non-gardeners but it makes all the difference. Dirt has the same basic building blocks (silt, sand, and clay) as soil but is missing the living component. Dirt is essentially dead. This is why dirt is seen as a...
by Marie-Eve Blanchet | Oct 16, 2022 | Seaweed
It all begins with a storm. The kind that brings strong winds and big waves. The kind that tugs and pulls on the seaweed until it releases from its holdfast on the rocky ocean floor or breaks and floats to the surface, forming mats that ebb and flow with the current,...
by Marie-Eve Blanchet | Oct 7, 2022 | Garden Updates
A month of change and abundance With the summer heat and sunshine lingering from August, September began with an abundance of produce as the tomatoes, zucchini, corn and beans were at their peak. One of our many harvest in September: cherry, beefsteak and plum...
by Marie-Eve Blanchet | Oct 1, 2022 | What's New @ Storm
Pollinator gardens have been increasing in popularity, and for good reason! Insects play many roles in maintaining our environment like pollinating many of our food crops, dispersing seeds and returning nutrients to the soil by decomposing plant debris. Keeping insect...
by Marie-Eve Blanchet | Sep 25, 2022 | What's New @ Storm
It’s no secret that home-grown vegetables are tastier and healthier than what you can find in stores, but when all you have is a tiny little garden or balcony, is it worth all the effort? Absolutely! Even a sprinkle of fresh basil on a dish can make a difference. When...
by Marie-Eve Blanchet | Sep 16, 2022 | What's New @ Storm
Some amazing ideas come to you out of the blue. Like being hit by a lightning bolt. Others just kind of slowly bubble up to the surface, like cooking up a tasty stew. Storm Organic Plant Nutrition and Seafeed definitely fall into the stew category. Last year my...
