Last year I picked up a book, "Well Preserved - Small Batch Preserving For The New Cook" by Mary Anne Dragan so that I could learn how best to preserve beets and other veggies from my Ice Cap Veggie Box, as well as give me more ideas for jams and chutneys. My first attempt at … Continue reading Recipe Of The Week: Sweet Spiced Pickled Beets
Farmers Market night tonight! 4pm to 7pm in downtown Pemberton, outside the pharmacy. Local organic potato growers, Across the Creek Organics, harvested their first potatoes last week - starting with the beautiful cascade white Nuggets. Look for them in local stores and restaurants. This year, Across the Creek Organics are growing Cascades nuggets, German Butter Potatoes, … Continue reading In Season: New Potatoes
Governments, as a general rule, are more likely to win awards for obfuscation and jargonisation than good communication, which is why it's nice to see the Village of Pemberton being recognised for Dave Meslin's "Dazzling Notice Award" - an effort to design the mandatory public hearing and public notices to actually be useful, penetrable, English. … Continue reading Shout Out: Village of Pemberton
The thimbleberry, or Snow Bramble (Rubus parviflorus) is now bearing fruit. A member of the Rosaceae (Rose Family), the thimbleberry is a perennial flowering plant, native to North America. The fruits or berries of these shrubs are edible and are sweet in taste. The berries can't be stored for more than a day. That means - EAT AT … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Thimbleberries
I haven't ever put in a hummingbird feeder - I don't want to give the bears any more reason to come check out my garden, and there's a little part of me that feels like I'm feeding junk food to them by filling up feeders with sugar syrup... So I've been stoked this week to … Continue reading Sighted: Hummingbirds
The Pemberton Public Library hosted a group at the beginning of the summer that drew 5 young people to come and explore ideas on how they could influence their community, and change the world. Arriya and Hayden, Olive, Kate and Emma worked really hard and were very inspiring to the adults around them. Inspired by … Continue reading Shout Out: Junior World Changers at the Pemberton Library
If you've noticed a different sort of intense action going on at One Mile Lake lately, that would be the Pemberton Canoe Outrigger Training Camp. After a busy weekend dominating at the BC Summer Games, local paddlers are now heading to the Worlds this August, as part of the Junior National Outrigger Sprint crew. On Friday, … Continue reading Event: Pemberton Canoe Association Legion Dinner Fundraiser
It's Wednesday. That means Market Day, at the Pemberton Farmers Market, on Frontier Street, from 4pm to 7pm. Now in season? Blueberries, including fresh berries from Pemberton's newest growers, Hare's Organica Blueberry Farm, celebrating their first crop. (The photos above are from their facebook page... Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hares-Farm-Pemberton-Organic-Blueberries/466691550010693) If you've got blueberry recipes to … Continue reading Event: Blueberries in at the Pemberton Farmers Market!
The Pemberton Valley Utility Service, along with the SLRD, are hosting an open house to further discussion and receive input on the recreational facilify at Gates Lake. The open house is from 6:00 - 7:00 pm, public consultation 7:00 - 8:00 followed by a regular scheduled meeting of the Pemberton and Area C Recreation Advisory … Continue reading Event: Gates Lake Community Centre presentation
The Wellness Almanac 