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Winter Market, Vancouver

Mar 19

I’ve made a couple of delicious visits to Riley Park Winter Market and here are some of the sights I’ve seen….. My first foray was in early March, when Vancouver had received an unwelcome dump of snow. Which didn’t deter … Continue reading →

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It’s all about the apples

Sep 27

Actually, other fruit trees too, but this weekend is a double whammy: Plant a Fruit Tree Day and the Salt Spring Island Apple Festival. There will be rain, but there will be fruit as well.. ya can’t have one without … Continue reading →

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Preserving the harvest: apples

Sep 10

I came upstairs from a round of apple-wrapping to find some questions on apple preserving from Ruth, who is the lucky recipient of a quantity of hangingoverthefence apples. Like me, she had heard that wrapping apples individually in newspaper is … Continue reading →

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Linen, flax, apples and more apples

Sep 8

On the last day of August I wandered along to a potluck information session on the Linen Project that Denise – who’s been driving the project forward under Victoria Transition‘s Reskilling umbrella – hosted. Although the sun was setting and … Continue reading →

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