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Yearly Archives: 2008
Honey extracting
Last Monday a group of us went to Larry and Marilyn’s for an extracting party. So absorbed was I in my task of finding cool comfortable clothes to last me a day in a warm garage I forgot to remember … Continue reading
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Food price issues for low incomes; BC Day, blackberries and zucchini
In Our Food, our Future last week, the topic was the impact of high food prices on those with less disposable income, where the proportion of monthly income spent on food is escalating with possibly dangerous results. Some interesting issues … Continue reading
Organic weeds
I spent some time reflecting on the back-breaking nature of organic farming last week. Wednesday’s tasks at Haliburton were to liberate the squash patch from smartweed, which was something more than abundant. Four of us made a good dent and … Continue reading
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Saskatoons to sorrel
The native blackberries are nearly – but not quite done now, and a few premature Himalayans are peeking out on the roadsides, but not enough to pick yet. I found a precious few saskatoons when I was picking the other … Continue reading
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Food prices
I feel like I’m closer to understanding why the cost of food has shot up this year, thanks to the first of a new four part radio series from BBC. Our Food Our Future looks at the reasons behind current … Continue reading
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