Today we harvested the crown jewel of our garden…. our plump, juicy, crisp Purple Russian garlic. We bought three beautiful bulbs of organic garlic from a farmer’s market five summers ago. Over that time, we have multiplied those three bulbs to just over sixty each season, for the last four seasons. Although it has one of the longest growing […]
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Our stove recently went on the blink, and my first reaction was that we would have to get a new one. After all, we had just replaced the fifteen year old original two years before; and the salesperson at the time told us that the average appliance now only lasts five to 7 years. The cost of […]
Wheat-free, Low-carb, Paleo, Primal, Gluten-free…. These are the buzz words of the health and diet industry at the moment, which is why I was a bit uncomfortable including ‘gluten-free’ in the description of my blog. I don’t want to be writing about a trend that might soon be gone, such as the likes of Atkins, South Beach, or […]
Seven years ago, my husband and I, with our firstborn in tow, traded in Vancouver’s bustling and vibrant downtown streets for a small lot in a Fraser Valley suburb. I wasn’t thrilled to be leaving the restaurants and shops we had grown to love. We had even become attached to the farmer’s market that set […]
Summer for our family always includes several visits to Mayne Island, one of the gulf islands situated along BC’s pacific southwestern coast. Part of the pleasure of spending time on the island is all of the fresh fish and crab we enjoy while we are there. In years past we have focused on our version […]
“So where do you shop?” is a question I get asked a lot when talking with others about our family’s real food lifestyle. I can’t help but feel giddy, thinking about all of these local farmers and producers, which, in many ways, I have come to think of as friends. But to the person standing […]
You’ve heard, I’m sure, the practical advice of shopping around the perimeter of your grocery store. Produce, meat, dairy and baked goods are usually located around the outskirts of any supermarket. It’s what’s in the center of the store, the crackers, cookies, juices, and frozen prepared foods that are more important to avoid. Well, I’d […]
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