Author Archives: Rhona

All is well at Haliburton Farm, although cold, wet weather makes for slow growing. Unless you are a lettuce in Farmer Ray’s greenhouse of course: One hates to think what size they’d be if he ever started using artificial fertilizer… … Continue reading →

Fruit Trees & More attracts as many visitors as bees, it seems. Bob Duncan is generous with his time and knowledge in showing countless numbers of fruit aficionados around his demonstration orchard. He’s a retired entomologist who spends his winters … Continue reading →

Last Friday the Leaf Press chapbook launch at Planet Earth Poetry went well, aside from the fact I ran out of books before the reading started! I went first, because I had the fewest books, having sold my remaining 3 … Continue reading →

Evolving news in the fast food world, including some linguistic bullet-dodging: The Fast food industry now calls itself the Quickservice or Fast Casual industry Low-fat, Low-carb and Low-calorie are being dropped from menus and packaging in favour of Wholesome, Healthy, … Continue reading →

Last week was National Drinking Water Week, and I celebrated by taking up a rare opportunity to go on a watershed tour – the Capital Regional District offers them only once each year – to see where my drinking water … Continue reading →