My garden is a bit of a shitshow. And so am I. It's probably dangerous to connect these dots - that how you grow is a pretty accurate reflection of your personality. I don't operate in a linear way. But …
Author: Lisa Richardson
It’s time to Slow Food as if the future of food depended on it. Sunday August 18!
Thanks to Carlee Cindric, the tireless event producer with Tourism Pemberton, behind Slow Food Cycle Sunday, for taking time out from organizing, to share this reminder of what Pemberton's signature home-grown festival is all about. Connecting consumers with their food and …
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Three Things Cindy Coughlin Learned This Summer about Getting Dirty
Cindy Coughlin, who would rather vacuum than be outside amongst bugs and weeds, apprentices herself to her green-thumbed neighbour and wakes up the wonder in her soul.
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Why the Farmers Market is more than just a shopping experience
In the spring, I sprinkled a small mason jar of biodynamic preparation 500 under my fruit trees and around my garden beds, just as Anna Helmer had shown me. There didn’t seem to be a very specific science to it, …
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Frontier Thinking: Everything you do happens at the place where your ideas meet your idea of the world
This is the time of year when the farm machines roll full-tilt out of winter hibernation. At least, that’s how Andrew Budgell speaks of it. Co-owner of Laughing Crow Organics, one of Pemberton’s small scale organic mixed vegetable farms, Budgell …
Plant medicine: wildcrafting Balm of Gilead
"What's this?" asked my clutter-resistant husband, observing the giant mason jar of oily plant matter on the counter. "Ohh, it's medicine! It's called Balm of Gilead," I explained. "Oh. But what is it?" "Cottonwood tips in oil." "Hmm. And what's …
Sprout away the winter blues: the marvel of microgreens
Where do you find joy in the winter? Not in a $10 box of pre-wilted lettuce from the grocery store. Rather, in upcycling that container into a micro-green-greenhouse. Nutrient-dense greenery! And joy! And you can do it in your pyjamas! …
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