spring cometh!

Hi there. It's been far too long since we've updated the blog. We feel blog shame...but Calico has been bustling lately (to our great pleasure!) and our to-do lists have taken on massive proportions.

Firstly, we're so excited it's now officially Spring! Though you can't really tell today in Toronto, we did have a few days of warmth and sun to get us in the mood. We've begun cleaning and organizing the backyard garden, and have some amazing seeds from Urban Harvest to start indoors. This year, we'll be growing beautiful organic Black Zebra and Black Cherry tomatoes (tomatoes loved our hot backyard micro-climate last season so I'm sticking with what works), a variety of mustards in baby greens form, Giant Red Mustard and the wild looking Ruby Streaks Mild Mustard. We'll have regular and rainbow Dinosaur Kale (our kale did well last season, too) and to maximize our small space, we're going to try a variety of beans and peas along our fence, and possibly suspended from old bicycle tires hanging in the air (with the plants trailing down like a carousel...this looks better than it sounds, I swear!). We'll also have a second container garden to grow micro-greens and herbs.

Secondly, we will hopefully soon be a licensed establishment, and are looking for our favorite local, organic beers and wines. We want to keep things small, and will likely only have one or two brews on tap, but are looking forward to the days of summer when our friendly patrons can sip a cold drink on the patio beside a garden in full gear! Cheers!