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 …
Category: farming
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 …
Pemberton farmers featured in Patagonia’s Winter 2020 catalogue: What the Farmers Know
Turns out the crucial work of tending to the land balances nicely with the release of deep winter rollicking in the mountains. If you ever need to remind yourself to look up from the grind and enjoy life, go skiing …
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Winterizing your garden
The crops are in, the first frost has decimated whatever was left, markets are over, but the work isn't over yet. In fact, it's often one of the busiest times for farmers. That last push is crucial, and it can …
Doomsday Gardening
First of all I'm not a doomsday prepper, but in these parts I know a few who are. I doubt however many of them have put much thought about what they could grow and eat to sustain themselves. Canned and …
10 Lessons learned from 10 years of homesteading: Sweetwater Lane Farm reflects on their decade milestone
This guest post was written by Gus Cormack and Jocelyn Sereda, homesteaders and B&B operators, who celebrate their 10th anniversary living with the land this year. Everything they learned they learned the hard way - by doing it, with skin …
Top 10 Worst Attributes if you want to be a Farmer.
10. GREED. There are no get rich quick schemes. If you try to compensate by overcharging, being dishonest or biting off more than you can chew, it will eventually bite you right back. Avoid monocultures and what appear to be …
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My top 10 best farming and gardening practices
10 . BE PASSIONATE. Always remember despite the ups and downs you are doing something that you LOVE to do. If you don't, the negative results will come through in your product and others will ingest that. Treat it as …
Ode to the Cherry Tomato
Cherry tomato, small and sweet, Summertime’s grandest treat. Orange or yellow, purple or red, Sun-warmed is the best, I’ve said. Dangling fruit, ripe and ready On bushy stalks of green so steady. That certain odor on my fingers That your leaves leave, it lingers But that’s okay. How I love that smell! On sunny days, it makes my heart swell. Cherry tomato, friend, not foe. The only veggie I can grow. Read More "Ode to the Cherry Tomato"
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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