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Making pumpkin pie, with Nurture in Nature

nurture1nnature November 11, 2021

Preparation This week before our Pro D day experience at Nurture in Nature, I wandered the farm, asking what it would offer the students of the day. I happened to find a bunch of baby pumpkins leftover in our pumpkin …

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Satisfying Moose Meatballs with Pemberton Mashed Potatoes

Erica Osburn November 5, 2021

We are fortunate to have a freezer full of moose meat from the Yukon. A beautiful moose that my spouse and his sister bagged in September (after 3 unsuccessful hunting trips in the past few years). So we have moose …

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The Chard Files

Erica Osburn September 9, 2021

Back at home after most of the summer on the coast, I am now blanching and freezing veggies from my in-laws' garden. Chard and zucchini. The chard is a welcome addition to my chilli recipe, as well as the deer …

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Kitchen conjuring: why jam making makes me melancholy

Lisa Richardson August 4, 2021

Much is conjured in the kitchen, over the steam and bubble of a jam pot - sweet anticipation, yes, I am bottling summer, but also, curiously, a deep lament, for the fact that I am learning this out of a …

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Zero Waste Chef is my jar-hoarding alibi, and she could be your next favourite kitchen accomplice too

Lisa Richardson June 18, 2021

I am a jar hoarder. And the Zero Waste Chef is my alibi. I have a weird inability to throw old jars into the recycling bin. Instead, I tuck them in the drawer, for future use. (And every now and …

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People, Perogies and a Potato Podcast

Lisa Severn April 8, 2021

I recently spoke, appropriately distanced and outdoors, with Anna Helmer. Anna mentioned (with a teasing tone), that @Therocketnarcissist and I should share a recipe on The Farm Story Podcast. I don't think she expected a "Yes!" with such enthusiasm. Anyway, …

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Silly Gardening Mistakes

mikoiko66 April 2, 2021

Trial and error is a necessary and inevitable part of the learning curve for all gardeners.There are so many variables it's impossible to always have 100% success, no matter the experience. Even when you think you have something figured out, …

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Chicken Casserole for these Dark Times

Erica Osburn December 14, 2020

Yes, it has been a weird year. And these are the shortest and darkest days of the year to boot. Right now I am craving calorie-laden stodgy food and damn the consequences. Lighter fare will appeal when the days brighten …

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Gardening in the time of Covid: local Feasting for Change programs reflect on this year’s harvest

Lisa Richardson November 18, 2020

Thanks to Belinda Geisler, the program coordinator for Stewardship Pemberton's Feasting for Change initiative, for putting together this reflection of this year. This spring I was so nervous, wondering if it would be possible to run any of the Feasting …

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Amazing Pemberton Apple Muffins (and healthy too)

Erica Osburn November 15, 2020

This is the time of year when the freezer can be very full (a good problem to have). If there is deer meat to go in, something must come out. In my case, the many bags of apples I peeled …

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The apples of our eyes

Lisa Richardson November 10, 2020

Longtime champion of local food, Glenda Bartosh, turned her attention to apples this week, and discovered that our very own Traced Elements regular, Mike Roger, is quite the apple man. Glenda gave us permission to repost her column here. Photo …

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Working Hard

alpaughjohn October 26, 2020

The hard work of farming is even harder when the weather turns. John Alpaugh comes to the end of his first season farming, and ponders the nature of work and the reward of satisfaction.

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Planting Garlic Is My Most Potent Annual Prayer

Lisa Richardson October 23, 2020

How the annual fall ritual of planting garlic becomes the talisman I'll hang around my neck as we head into an uncertain winter.

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Nature’s Gifts – Chanterelles

nurture1nnature October 7, 2020

October might have caught you by the surprise. Embrace it, by going mushroom hunting. Kristina Bland effuses over the joy of chanterelle season.

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Farming for Change: introducing writer-farmer John Alpaugh

alpaughjohn October 6, 2020

What better place to wait out a global pandemic than working on an organic farm in Pemberton? John Alpaugh reflects on how he landed here.

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Bring your own bubbles: how to make a ginger bug (wild fermented soda) ie your own healthy pop

Lisa Richardson October 5, 2020

I didn't want to buy Soda Stream cartridges, so I made my own bubbles. It still makes me ridiculously happy. And it's easy, too.

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To be prepared, ask a better question

Lisa Richardson September 29, 2020

I've been wrestling with the task of getting a 72 hour emergency preparedness kit together for years now. And still have made no real progress on that grab and go bag. On Thursday, as kids headed off back to school, …

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Sungold Cherry Tomatoes & Burrata

An end to the fits and starts

Lisa Severn September 19, 2020

I recently, well 33 days ago, signed up for a creative workshop that asks that you ship something every day for 100 days. It's hard. I am a "do it when the muse shows up" creative. And, this course teaches …

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Thank-you Bees!

nurture1nnature August 31, 2020

From 20 hives, our own Nurture in Nature bees have been busy buzzzyy... Our own honey is now available in our Farm-acy Stand and with the wax caps from the honey combs, came an exciting learning day of rendering the …

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Rainy August Day in Pemberton – Make These Cookies!

Erica Osburn August 21, 2020

Torrential rain here in Pemberton today. A good day for baking. These cookies I adapted from a John Bishop recipe from his cookbook At Home. They are great for road trips. I have not had luck with PB cookies lately …

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