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Month: August 2010
In the Bookshed: Keeping the Harvest
Now that it’s food-storage season (so quick! where did the summer go?) I am once again reaching for canning, preserving, drying advice in the form of this most excellent book, first published in 1990: Keeping the Harvest. I picked this up several years ago… Continue Reading “In the Bookshed: Keeping the Harvest”
My first tea ceremony.
The above photo is of tea cups awaiting the Chinese tea ceremony we participated in on Saturday as part of B’s brother’s marriage celebrations. Each cup received two lotus seeds and two red dates over which the tea is poured before being served to… Continue Reading “My first tea ceremony.”
Food for All: Fall Workshop Series
Having gotten a couple of small grants to do two community food security workshops this fall from the Neighbourhood Small Grants, I’ve decided to expand on that and make a series of workshops that are accessible to folks in East Vancouver. These are all… Continue Reading “Food for All: Fall Workshop Series”
More of this, less of that.
I have lots of cucumbers right now – long english, pickling, and round lemon cukes – but very few tomatoes ripening in time for the perfect late-summer salad! This really hasn’t been the best tomato year, nor am I really an expert at them… Continue Reading “More of this, less of that.”
August ennui.
I’m feeling a bit transitional these days – like I need to leave behind some old things in order to move onto the new, except I don’t know what the new is. It might just be that I have to leave the old behind,… Continue Reading “August ennui.”
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