Come by the Pemberton Farmers Market today from 4pm - 7pm, at the Community Barn, and meet Hiroko Takaya, and the other amazing vendors, who we are introducing in this weekly series.Hiroko is a mother of two young boys, a passionate gardener, herbalist and basketmaker. She first came to Mount Currie in 1998 and knew that … Continue reading Faces of the Farmers Market: Hiroko Takaya
Please, may I plant this seed for you now... it will have a few months to compost in your brain, and hopefully take root by the fall, when action is required. Grow garlic. If you grow nothing else for yourself, grow garlic. Because: 1. It's easy. (If I actually had to feed myself, I would … Continue reading How to Cure Garlic
I've probably taken more day-time naps in the past 18 months than in my entire adult life. Certainly, since University. It's weird, how naughty I feel, how guilty and unproductive and self-indulgent: sleep? in the middle of the day? when there's laundry and dishes and endless chores, not to mention, actual work, to be … Continue reading Wellness: Sleep. (Get more.)
A theme to the summer? More water time, please.
Yes, this would be some explanation for my ongoing crush on Michelle Obama.
Need to top up your eco-karma? Join Stewardship Pemberton Society and the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council for our 3rd annual Community Invasive Weed Pull.Saturday July 26, 9 am - 11amTarget species: common bugloss and spotted/diffuse knapweed.Location: Meet at the covered pedestrian bridge beside the highway. We will be working along the Arn Canal. Bring your … Continue reading Community Weed Pull, Arn Canal, Saturday July 27, 9am-11am
The Pemberton Farmers’ Market exists to bring Pemberton-area producers and consumers together directly, creating a marketplace for the best-quality, freshest produce in Pemberton, and fostering a healthy and sustainable, professional, organic farming industry in the Pemberton area – while also striving to bring a diverse sampling of the community together every week of the season. … Continue reading Faces of the Farmers Market: Hare’s Farm Organic Blueberries
So, about that 72 Hour Emergency Kit…For 20 days in May, Pemberton’s Emergency Program Coordinator, Bettina Falloon, posted a step-by-step plan to get your preparedness on, to TheWellnessAlmanac.com. Day 1, I was 100% with her. “Get a blue plastic storage bin.” Yep. Can do. I’ll grab that tomorrow when I know what to put in it.Day … Continue reading Column: The Things We Take
Fun to juxtapose this image, against the gallery of #Pembyfest shots that I selected from instagram yesterday.Young people come to Pemberton to get back to nature and enjoy a big music festival. And Pemberton kids go? Fishing at Tyax. Which is where Ruben Guibert was, which is why this shot is a little behind schedule. … Continue reading Photo of the Day: Ruben Guibert
