September 15, 2022 Feels Like Almost Autumn

[envira-gallery id='7680'] Days are getting shorter. Air is getting cooler. Forecasts showing wetter weather. It’s almost autumn and we can feel it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFpPklEzFbA

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September 14, 2022 Flowers and Last Summer Blooms

[envira-gallery id='7641'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMnvPGXvZw [envira-gallery id='7627'] September 14 blooms Black-eyed susan Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta The black-eyed susan is a flowering black and yellow plant with curving leaves. It is culturally important in the Southern U.S., and is often used to attract butterflies to gardens. It long ago spread throughout North...

September 14, 2022 0

Listening: Bridging the Potential Podcast – Art is Everything

What happens when you bridge the experience, education, and expertise of elders with the curiosity, energy, and innate wisdom of the youth? It’s simple. Everyone grows and the world changes for the better — one conversation, one connection, one collaboration at a time.Listen in and learn from people of all...

September 13, 2022 0

Listening: It Could Happen Here – Permaculture with Andrew

It Could Happen Here Podcast - Permaculture with Andrew September 5, 2022 • 38 min Andrew explains the principles of permaculture to Chris and James Permaculture with Andrew (on Youtube as Andrewism) Ways that we can enhance our food autonomy Permaculture was first coined in the 70s as a portmanteau...

September 13, 2022 0

Summer 2022 Highlights

Summer 2022 Highlights - Top 20 highlights Working together with S as a team to build raised planters and grow a food garden for the shelter in our community.Work-life integration through the whole season and doing meaningful work around the exploration schedule, and the ability to rest and regenerate when...

September 13, 2022 0

Reading: The Canning Kitchen

On our trips to Tofino, we’ve fallen in love with the Mermaid Tales Book shop which has always lovely curated collection of books, and I always leave there with a little more debt racked up on my credit card (but knowledge is priceless, am I right?!) This time, one of the...

September 13, 2022 0

September 11, 2022 Crows Flying Home Through Smoky Sky

Forest fires brought smoke to the skies today. Visibility was really low and couldn’t see the mountains for most of the day. [envira-gallery id='7534'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIsTbF5P3H0

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September 10, 2022 Garden Flowers Galore

[envira-gallery id='7512'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqYh3KBtqFw [envira-gallery id='7663'] Garden blooms Wax begonia Begonia cucullata Begonia cucullata is a native of South America. It is often used as a ground cover and also does well in containers. The blossoms of wax begonia can be red, white, or pink. In some states like Florida and...

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September 10, 2022 House Garden Harvest

Our first corn "harvest" ever! We only took one corn ear off to try it out and it was DELICIOUS! We also pulled a bunch of the beets, and Mom will harvest the green beans and blanch them to freeze (as we have way too many to use right now)....

September 11, 2022 0

September 9, 2022 Chesterman Beach, Tofino (Tla-o-qui-hat) 

Traditional land of the Tla-o-qui-hat First Nations. Tla-o-qui-aht people have occupied the area of Meares Island, Tofino, Long Beach and beyond as far as Sutton Pass what is now known as highway 4 west of Port Alberni. Our history tells us that our nation was one of the strongest nations...

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September 8, 2022 Mackenzie Beach Tofino Tofino (Tla-o-qui-hat) 

Traditional land of the Tla-o-qui-hat First Nations Tla-o-qui-aht people have occupied the area of Meares Island, Tofino, Long Beach and beyond as far as Sutton Pass what is now known as highway 4 west of Port Alberni. Our history tells us that our nation was one of the strongest nations...

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September 7, 2022 Naa’Waya’Sum Coastal Indigenous Gardens (Tla-o-qui-hat)

Traditional land of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation The Naa’Waya’Sum Coastal Indigenous Gardens (formerly the Tofino Botanical Gardens) provide a space for humans to learn from nature in both natural and landscaped environments. The majority of the beautiful 10-acre site is home to coastal rainforest and its many living species. An...

September 11, 2022 0

House Garden Updates – Early September

September is here and we're harvesting some veggies that are finally ready! Was a slow start to the growing season, but it's encouraging to have some stuff to harvest (albeit small, but still a win!) [envira-gallery id='7096'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQagmgYQBu8 Harvests - some more successful than others... [envira-gallery id='7076'] Overview of the...

September 5, 2022 0

Growing Mint for Tea

Lots of mint at the house garden that we harvested to dry for tea. Pluck the leaves off of the stalks, rinse in a bowl of cold water and dry on the racks until ready to store in jars. [envira-gallery id='7054']

September 5, 2022 0

Garden to Kitchen Snapshots of Summer 2022

A few snapshots of some garden to kitchen delights. Not an extensive overview, but these were a couple meals or nutritious yummies that were grown in our home soil. Garden salad including lettuce, tomatoes & cucumbers or capers salad with tomatoes and basil Herbs like rosemary, chives & oregano Green...

September 4, 2022 0

Rooftop Garden Updates – Early September

Transition time as we move from August to September and going from heatwave with AC to cold and rainy almost overnight. The garden is still thriving and we've seen the best progress and growth this last month of heat in August. We did a walk-through before the rain and cool...

September 4, 2022 0

Making Fruit Jam with Dad

Brought delicious fresh fruit from the Okanagan on a recent trip to Penticton. With other trips, we didn't have time to do anything with the fruit before it would've gone bad. We bought 20lbs each of apricot and plums; however we both shared some and ate a few ourselves, so...

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