Asta Kovanen decided her 2020 project would be to make one new recipe a week. COVID-19 has turned that "challenge" into a sanctuary.
Plant Yourself: A Recipe for Being Here
In 'Plant Yourself: A Recipe for Being Here', Kera Willis of Mountain Horse School gives us 5 playful exercises to help us (and our families) de-stress and open our sense of possibility by connecting to the natural world in ways …
Perceptions of the Heart
'It is the heart that always sees, before the head can see.' - Thomas Carlyle The hawthorn trees are budding in the garden and will probably flower in May, well before we are able to safely move around our community …
Appreciating the Neighbourhood Chicken Lady
Hey folks! Let's talk about the cost of a dozen eggs. What I see in our area is that most farmers sell a dozen eggs for $5. A few farmers sell for $6 or $7, not many. In the grocery …
The Frogs are Croaking!
In these strange times I have been waiting (impatiently) for the frogs to start croaking. First come the pussy willows, next comes the frogs. And tonight I heard them – over on Urdal Road. They will slowly migrate west to …
DIY – Maple Granola
The past few weeks, with the arrival of COVID-19 to our piece of the world, has caused me, as a normally un-anxious person, to become riddled with anxiety and a sense of foreboding, as I know is the case with …
Blissfully Homesteading through a Pandemic
I don't intend to downplay the seriousness of the present situation nor am I arrogant nor ignorant enough to suggest this will not affect everyone, including ourselves. My partner and I have been laid off over 2 months early and …
Soil Matters
"EVERY FARM HAS ITS OWN PERSONALITY," says Amy Norgaard, a soil science student at the University of British Columbia, and former farmhand and market manager with Ice Cap Organics. Her two-year-long Master's thesis, which she will defend in late spring, required …
