Monthly Archives: September 2010

 

Fall of fruit

LifeCycles in Victoria has been running the Fruit Tree Project for many years now. A kind of gleaning project, it offers a valuable service to fruit tree owners, volunteer pickers and community groups by bringing them together to arrange picks … Continue reading

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Feasts in fields and fairs and festivals

It’s that time of year when it’s hard to find a day that doesn’t have some kind of festival or fair going on. I did what I could to attend a few of the local events. At the Cowichan Fall … Continue reading

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Whole lotta baking going on

I passed this summer baking quantities of cookies, cakes, crackers and muffins for the farm stand at Haliburton Farm, and the saga continues through the early autumn. It has been a busy time and highly instructive in all kinds of … Continue reading

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Cheese of the East

I have been back in Victoria for a bit more than a week, but it’s taken a while to get my thoughts and photos caught up. One of my last eastern treats was a trip to Prince Edward County, which … Continue reading

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