Yearly Archives: 2013

 

Plants to swap, buy and heal

May 19

Wednesday’s fun was the GTUF plant swap, at which we shared around our surplus plant starts. It was our monthly meeting and this time the theme was growing and cooking herbs. A couple of our members – Donna Neve & … Continue reading →

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Octopus Day on the Gorge

May 14

I have some deadlines looming, so of course I am overcome with a need to cook and clean and hang laundry on the line while the sun shines. And so it was that while diligently sorting through the hidden treasures … Continue reading →

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Untying the Apron – Victoria launch

May 13

Please come and join contributors Eve Joseph, Rhona McAdam, Sheila Norgate, Cynthia Woodman Kerkham and Patricia Young in celebrating this anthology of prose and poetry, which celebrates mothers of the 1950s. At Planet Earth Poetry this Friday, 7:30pm.

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Cheese and cheers

Apr 30

Before April goes out like a lamb, let me share some cow’s milk cheeses with you – much enjoyed at the Cheese & Blues event that Hilary’s Cheese presented in Cowichan Bay last week. Pictured to the left is the … Continue reading →

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Slow Fishing at The Superior

Apr 21

Last Wednesday Slow Food Vancouver Island hosted a celebration of “merroir” as we supped on seafood at The Superior. Events got off to a briny start with a good hour of oyster shucking by Slow Foodies Kyle Hunker and Cory … Continue reading →

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