“I only had one bite but it was amazing.” – Austin, age 9 These mini pot pies were a hit with my age 9-12 year old kids cooking class I teach each week. I also teach a teen class. The …
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Turning the Page on Winter! — Rootdown Organic Farm
The first transplants are up and the greenhouse is quickly filling up with great potential! Although at times, it has felt that winter would never quit, we are now seeing the early signs of spring, the first robins have returned, …
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Tips and tricks for starting seeds
With the promise of spring just around the corner, starting seeds initiates the growing season. Nothing conveys more optimism and hope for the future for a gardener. Seeds are amazing, wonderful little specks of embryonic life.They are relatively easy to …
Farm Story: The Biodynamic Ice-Break
Would you mind if we talked about Biodynamic farming? There. That’s how you keep your readership small. Those of you still with me have fought through eye-glaze and eye-roll and have resisted page turn. You will notice that even I …
Cannabis Cultivation (aka Growing Weed) Then and Now
With legalization finally here, and the stigma of using cannabis diminishing, I'm not incriminating myself to confess I've been growing my own for decades. Even though this ancient herbal medicine has been around in most cultures for millennia, the evolution …
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Just a couple of cupcakes!
Monday 25th February was National Cupcake Day. Well, it was for SPCAs and Humane Societies across Canada, who encourage the baking and selling of cupcakes as a way to raise money. As Qanik was fortunate to have one of his …
Happy Anniversary, to me.
It was a year ago to the day while consuming a couple tasty Steam Works IPAs in a Richmond Irish Pub en route to a family vacation in Mexico that I took the plunge and joined the Traced Elements family. …
