Growing rice on Canada’s west coast
May 21, 2009
I worry about our food supply – and I have for quite some time.
I moved from a beautiful house in the rainforest, with a small sunny yard mostly taken up by a big and productive veggie garden, to a townhouse last autumn. I can’t say I was 100% self-sufficient in my veggies – but, over summer, I sure did not buy much at all. Even in the winter, by having root crops such as carrots and potatoes in the ground or stored, and growing some of the greens such kale, chard, and sprouting broccoli, that grow year-round in our mild coastal climate (yes, here in Canada!), I was able to provide a fair bit of my winter food too Read more…
I am the Frog Queen!
May 12, 2009
I am the Frog Queen! Well, of Tofino anyway. And now, maybe of Port Alberni too…
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Eight years ago, I rescued a bunch of frog eggs from a wheel rut on a construction site. They looked like they had already been run over, all flat and dirty, but from them I raised a dozen little Pacific treefrogs: Read more…
