Category Archives: local food

 

One more garden tour

Sep 10

Having planned my backyard reading for the same day as the Gorge Tillicum Urban Farmers summer garden tour (oops) I was pleased to be able to take in the follow on tour, and manage to get to one of the … Continue reading →

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Boulevard Gardens

Aug 23

Vic West is a neighbourhood of the city of Victoria, one of the 13 municipalities that make up the Capital Regional District (CRD), collectively known as Victoria. It’s a working-class residential neighbourhood with a lot of single family homes, with … Continue reading →

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Aeroponics in Victoria

Jul 18

For the first time in a long while I went on a farm tour of sorts last Thursday. This one was a tour of an aeroponics project run by Harvest and Share Food Relief Society. It’s housed on the grounds … Continue reading →

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A new year in Suffolk and London

Jan 7

2015 has officially begun. I celebrated with friends in Suffolk, where we ate extremely well. Suffolk is a bit of a food heaven with ample fresh seafood, a lot of free range pig farming, and many charming bakeries, delis, pubs … 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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