Posted: January 14, 2020
Rosemary is for more than cooking. Rosemary is for more than cooking. It is a potent medicinal herb. I remember some rosemary I saw in a community garden. I know we have community gardens here in Ottawa. In Vancouver it seems that they are more common. This particular garden was smack dab in the middle of
Posted: December 22, 2019
Do not be dismayed with the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. L.R. Knost I’m on the west coast watching for
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Posted: February 3, 2019
Oh January. If someone ever needs you to explain irony you can tell them that the 2019 Festival de Neige in Montreal was cancelled because of a massive snow storm. We are now into February. How are those resolutions? Kicked under the bed? Stuffed into the oven? I have some advice on goal setting. We do better when we set goals that
Posted: May 24, 2018
Stinging Nettle – Urtica dioica. The latin name comes from “uro” meaning to burn. Tells you all a person needs to know about encountering nettle. When I harvest nettle I usually take hold of a leaf in one hand and then use scissors in the other hand to clip near the top of the plant.
Posted: October 13, 2017
A gal recently asked me if I garden. Garden? If you count me letting our 2.5 acres pretty much do what it wants then yes I garden. Otherwise no, not so much. I mostly like my plants wild – untouched and untamed. Despite this affection for the weedy I am an ardent lover of botanical
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