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.
Category: musings
An end to the fits and starts
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 …
The Honour stands of Birken
The Birken / D'Arcy corridor is unique to the Sea to Sky Region. Unhurried, non-commercial, safe, sparsely populated and relatively unchanged throughout the nearly 3 decades I've lived here. In fact, there is less here now than there was back …
A festival of weeds: eat more dandelions
My yard is a festival of dandelions. There is nothing to be gained by declaring war on this. But everything to be gained by researching all the medicinal and nutritional benefits of dandelion and declaring it my most successful garden …
Thank you to the Vegans
As discussed in my last post I think we owe vegans in particular an enormous debt of gratitude. These deadly viruses originate with wild animals in captivity caged inhumanely alongside domesticated animals for human consumption in markets mainly in China, …
Supply Chains…And a Challenge for Pemberton’s Non-Gardeners
How is everyone doing? I have been thinking about so many of our assumptions lately. That the tourists will come. That Whistler Blackcomb will open. That our kids will be in school. That I can get on a plane and …
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Sobering Advice for New Impulse Gardeners
One of the few businesses that has and will continue to thrive throughout the Covid crisis is the garden and small farming sector. The sudden interest in our food security, sustainability and living off the land is at a level …
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 …
Herbal Hallucinations: is this all a dream?
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 …
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