The Optimistic Gardener - Kitchen Garden Coach

05/24/2026

Summer is here 😎 Well for today anyway!

05/24/2026

It's that time of year again, pesky black flies are out in force!

05/16/2026

One no dig flower garden complete! It cost me under C$350 to create. See my video of the complete build, start to finish, on my YouTube channel The Optimistic Gardener. Very happy with how it has turned out 😀

05/16/2026

Beautiful scene on my morning walk around Hubbards this morning 😍

05/10/2026

05/08/2026

Yay! It's Asparagus time (well nearly!) 😋

04/27/2026

Achieved today! Brand new flower garden area around the fire pit. Now just got the small matter of finding some plants 😀

03/22/2026

Not quite the same scale or weather, but lovely to revisit the site of our wedding, 19 years ago less a week, on Lake Louise in the magnificent Canadian Rockies. Still as beautiful as ever, not just Lake Louise, but also Mrs. F 😍. We've had many fantastic adventures together since, including raising our wonderful son Ethan and it was great to show Ethan where it all started 😀 Here's to many more adventures together, love you Mrs. F ❤️

03/05/2026

Well they don't look much, but they are my first seedlings of this new year and they bring a big smile to my face 😀 Some of these little beauties will hopefully be laden down with big fat Jalapeño 🌶️ later on in the Summer. I find these hot chicken containers great for starting off seeds. Big enough to sow enough seeds, but no so big that you end up sowing too many and with a handy greenhouse roof! So, the new growing season begins 🎉😀

03/02/2026

What I'm Planting in the Veg Garden this Year
Hello and welcome to 2026 in the Optimistic Garden! It's March and Spring is here, well "ish"! Although we have a good 2-3ft of snow laying around here in Nova Scotia and more forecast over the next few days, my thoughts are well and truly on the new planting season just around the corner.
Join me as I take you through what I am planning to sow and plant this year in the veg garden and how things got on last year. Welcome to a new season of the Optimistic Gardener!

Hello and welcome to 2026 in the Optimistic Garden! It's March and Spring is here, well "ish"! Although we have a good 2-3ft of snow laying around here in No...