Author Archives: Rhona

I am about to declare this the international year of creep. I have been spending hours standing on a ladder pulling tent caterpillars off my apple tree, wisteria, house etc., not to mention the scores of them I have trampled … Continue reading →

Perfect weather, perfect venue yesterday for the Island Chefs Collaborative festival, Defending our Backyard. They were expecting around 1000 people who, once their arms had been stamped with a tater stamp would be turned loose with a wine glass and … Continue reading →

I enjoyed Saturday’s whistle through the topic of winter vegetable gardening with local permaculturalist Geoff Johnson. He began by pointing out that we West Coasters follow, wrongly, the veg growing guidance from over yon Rockies, where the season is short … Continue reading →

Last Sunday I got what will probably be my first and last tour of the Calgary Farmers Market. The place is Alberta-sized, and housed – for the moment – in a former airplane hangar at the Currie Barracks, which is … Continue reading →

This weekend’s Writers Union of Canada AGM, held jointly with the Writers Guild of Alberta, took place in the comfort of Calgary’s Hotel Arts – quite a step up from days of yore when we used to hunker down in … Continue reading →