Author Archives: Rhona

 

Eat Here Now… and we did

Sep 13

A glorious hot Sunday in the middle of Victoria, with food, music and more food. What could be better? The Downtown Public Market Society put on a great day in the interests of furthering interest in a permanent year-round downtown … 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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Fruit Tree Project strikes again

Aug 31

I spent a fruitful morning yesterday with a dozen teens from the CISV Peace Bus out at Island View Beach on my first pick of the year for the Fruit Tree Project. As part of their cross-Canada tour, the teens … Continue reading →

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Heirloom schmeirloom

Aug 27

The LA Times has a good article on heirloom fruits and vegetables. The word “heirloom” is one that’s widely abused, but one that’s also treasured by many farmers and gardeners in these days of hybrids and genetic engineering. There is … Continue reading →

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