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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Food Security in the Sea to Sky corridor is not just about farmland
Traced Elements contributor, change-agent and local gardening guru, Dawn Johnson spoke recently on food security in this podcast with host Kim Slater, for the Community Foundation of Whistler's Vital Signs project.Listen to the conversation here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcpkfA-eTjA Global food security is not …
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