It’s huckleberry season in the Kootenays! Add in a two-year-old, and the fun multiplies. Handling the supply of honey buckets on the trip up the mountain in the backseat of Grampa’s truck occupied her endlessly! It didn’t take her long to get the idea of how to find berries. (Grampa did check the area to…
What kind of people live on remote islands? Those who love the sea, obviously, but also those who prefer to depend on themselves and their neighbors tor things they need. My husband and I, together with his parents and sister and brother-in-law, spent a few days last weekend on the Queen Charlotte Islands (also known…
Deconstructing Dinner has accompanied me on many a walk down our country road back in the days when it was a local radio show and podcast. What a thrill to attend a local viewing of two pilot episodes of it as a TV show last evening! Jon Steinman, host of the radio show and now…
Green beans are in full swing here in my garden. This is a huge treat to me as I love them raw, sauteed, and in soup. I plant Blue Lake Pole Beans, which were my mom’s favorite beans as well. Thankfully these are open-pollinated. I bought organic seed this year and will (hopefully remember to)…
Back in May, I blogged about making raspberry vinegar, our family’s favorite summertime drink which just so happens to be enjoyed by the characters in my new novel, Raspberries and Vinegar. My daughter-in-law made this little video of the process a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy!
Cherries have to be my favorite summer fruit, and I’m so thankful to live where cherry season lasts for over a month as the different varieties come and go. Friends offered u-pick in their organic orchard so my daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and I spent a couple of hours there a few days ago. It’s been a…