Preparing for What's Ahead in Canada | Growing Food & Cooking From Scratch

Hello, welcome back to my channel. My name is Ewa and I am a mom of four children. And on this channel we're cooking from scratch, taking care of the garden, from the garden to the table and all from living in Canada. Today in today's video we are going to cook from scratch, gardening and have a deep talk as always. This time of the year where everything goes 50% off or so. So I couldn't help myself and I got three pepper plants. Peppers are expensive. They are like seven bucks for like three and now they are $2.50 discounted from five bucks. Now I just have to find some room for them but I kind of have idea where I'm gonna put them. This trailer was full of soil and now I had to scrub everything what's left but it was enough for those two containers where I'm going to put one pepper in each and the last third pepper I am going to put in my main garden. I hope it's not gonna be too crowded. The other two green peppers, they still did not start growing very well. They are even smaller than the one I bought but as they grow, because they will grow, right? The peppers, they like to grow roots first, not the leaves. Plus the weather was a little bit off. It was nice and sunny but not super hot yet. So I'm hoping in July things will speed up much much faster. I cannot express my excitement over those three peppers. They look great and I really really hope that they will grow amazing. My little boy, he's such a helper guys. Whenever I do some kind of manual work he's always there to help and he does his best. I don't have a footage of it but when I was putting that soil in a wagon and then carry that to another spot he was pulling that wagon. He could barely you know pull it because he's small, he's only three but he tried so hard. It's absolutely amazing. Yes, definitely little helper. I had such a good footage recorded me planting those peppers but my little boy came in with underwear only. So maybe I shouldn't post him like that even that he's only three. So yeah, only a little bit here but I hope you enjoy it. Also let me know in the comments down below, I don't know if I asked you that yet, are you buying any more plants this year or you are happy with what you have? As I probably mentioned a million times in this video there is still time for you to buy some more. For dinner I am making enchiladas. I must say enchiladas are one of my favorite. I know that recipes usually call for shredded chicken but I kind of cut it and made it like that. But yeah, shredded is definitely the way you want to go. I add quite a decent amount of spices in there. It was kind of spicy but the kids were so hungry that they did not complain and they ate everything. It is a really beautiful day today. It's finally getting like close to 30 degrees so I'm hoping that the peppers are just gonna grow like crazy now. I hope they, you know, establish well, grow the roots and I'm gonna have a lot of peppers because I think I already mentioned peppers are like seven dollars for like three right now or you know per pound whatever it is. So it's kind of crazy and I am also worried about the pesticles and all those stuff so I am really happy that I got it. And to be honest with you I always feel like so overly dramatic when I say grow your own food now before it's too late and stuff like that. But it's kind of true, you know, like with the grocery prices going up and nothing's getting better. I feel like it is your last chance to grow your own food this season. So if you are in the grocery store or whatnot I encourage you to buy something and plant something. Everything is discounted right now and more affordable so go ahead. But as we speak I am going to pick up my strawberries. They're kind of growing slow. You know I feel like the season's already like ending and mine are just so tiny. Look at that. This is such a... oh my hair on it already. Such a tiny tiny one. Seriously, look at this. I think that's the wild one. You know the wild strawberries? I had quite a bit of them. So this broke the other day. My son did it. But it's still getting red. Oh these mosquitoes are crazy. And unwashed. It's really good. Oh my gosh. I'm gonna put it back. Perhaps eating them I should give it to my kids. They're definitely gonna like it. So I don't have that many strawberries. They are all wild. I mean wild. They're all planted by themselves. I did not do it. But they are growing. And weeds. Always weeds guys. And swell. So many weeds. Weeds out. So yeah I'm bringing home one strawberry. Or should I eat it? Should I share with my kids? Or should I eat it? Maybe I will just eat it. Oh that was so sweet. I remember as a child going to like a forest and picking up blueberries. Putting them on a fresh bun with butter and just eating that right there in the forest. Unwashed. You know full of dirt. And maybe some bugs. Who knows. But this is just such a time of my childhood you know. So yeah I really like that. So again grow your own food. Go to grocery store and buy what you can. Until you can. Before the season is over. So what's ready to eat in my garden? It's definitely the lettuce. We're gonna grab some for dinner later on. But everything else is growing pretty good. You can see they're burping over here. The carrots you can see. I don't know if you can see. The carrots actually have to thin. The very last thin over there. On the other side. And yeah one of those sunflowers needs to go. Look at that cilantro. It's crazy. And so is the spinach. I'm letting that go to the seeds. So I can college them for next year. But yeah some of that carrots needs to be trimmed. It's hard to see. But they definitely growing big right now. But every now and then right? Just a little bit longer for the beans. Can't wait for that one. And yeah one of those needs to go. I'm just waiting a little bit longer to see which one is better. But you can see over here. And weeds everywhere. It's just how it is. Okay now get rid of them. No matter what you do. Okay I took quite a bit. It's always so sad to do it. But there is no way they all gonna grow. If you want them nice and big then you need to sacrifice something. But come on girls. Look. They don't see me. Come on. But someone else may eat it. If they pay attention to me. Kippie. Look. Well maybe they'll find it.