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Seedy Saturday, Pandemic Style

I’m back online after a long absence! It seems right to pick up the thread here with news of this year’s Seedy Saturday. Autumn is the time gardeners and farmers are starting to pore over seed catalogs, and community organizers … Continue reading

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Kneading Conference West – over and out

How fast can three days go? Pretty darn fast when you’re soaking up as much information as we did. The last day of the conference – Saturday – had an escalating number of “next year”s punctuating the proceedings as the … Continue reading

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Home on the farm, with apples and blackberries

I’ve been enjoying my afternoons on the farm stand. People drift in and browse the offerings. Mostly they buy something. Sometimes they ask questions: do we sell pea shoots? How do you cook fava beans? What do you do with … Continue reading

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A poetry survey – for readers & writers; LifeCycles local food fun-raiser and Sooke farm & garden tour

Marketing has come to poesie! If you want to make your views known about what you read, where you buy it and what moves you to do so, help yourself to the Literary Press Group’s survey of the poetry market. … Continue reading

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Meaty quiz

A day late will perhaps be better than none, by the time you read this. Thanks to Meatless Monday for passing along this Meat Eaters Guide which includes a quiz that lets you test your knowledge about protein sources and … Continue reading

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