May 20th, 2009 | Gardens, Photo Galleries, backyard, edible, food, gardening, micro-farming, security, Sustainable, urban
This year got started late with a huge snowstorm and a very cold winter. The roses seem to have done well though, and the amazing backyard gardens of Vancouver BC are going full swing. I am constantly impressed by how many plants there are in some of these spaces. It is also interesting to see that different plants are being grown this year than the year before in most of the yards.
May 12th, 2009
The Stone Soup Festival at Britannia on Commercial Drive, Vancouver BC fell on Mother's Day weekend this year. We arrived at the festival just as the jolly Carnival Band was rambling around the park and were soon planting pumpkin and sunflower seeds, feeding the chickens at the Backyard Chicken ...
May 7th, 2009
I am a long-time a convert to the soapnut craze. I first noticed these little fruits in Burma/Myanmar where they use them in their traditional shampoo. A couple years ago I discovered that their popularity has really grown in Western countries and now you can spend top dollar on powdered soapnut lau ...
March 25th, 2009
It's that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere when everyone is itching for rebirth. I am relatively new to seasons, a side effect of growing up a few degrees off of the equator, in Papua New Guinea. This is my third year of living in the cycles without a break and I am starting to understand the ...
March 13th, 2009
Mutual assistance enriches even the poor. - Chinese Proverb
A couple years ago I finally had a chance to start making kombucha. My sister had gotten a hold of a kombucha mother/starter (known as a SCOBY - Symbiotic Colony of Bacteria and Yeast) while doing a house call, (she's a nurse). Kombucha ...
December 13th, 2008
Not only are the gardens of Vancouver BC filled with an assortment of absolutely delicious edible fruits, vegetables and herbs but the micro-farmers are generous and friendly. This fig fresh off the tree was the most juicy I have ever had.
Another happy old Chinese farmer gave me a couple of cho ...
November 18th, 2008
The Keeper is sustainable and affordable for the modern menstruating woman.
I've been trying to remember the exact details of where I first heard about The Keeper, I have a distinct memory of being in a women's bathroom in the huge central library of our college campus and seeing information rec ...
November 13th, 2008
Vancouver BC, has some of the most incredible backyard gardens in the world, and walking the alleys is one of the best ways to view these spectacular edible works of art.
I am constantly amazed by how many beans and tomatoes can be grown on a patch of land or in pots, and it is fantastic to see b ...
October 13th, 2008
The micro-farms of Vancouver BC are absolutely incredible. After traveling all over the world and being an avid walker I have seen urban backyards from New Zealand to Cambodia, New York to Papua New Guinea and can say that Vancouver BC takes the prize hands down, no questions asked.
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May 15th, 2008
GOOD FOOD: Film by Moving Images
"I hope the film will help generate grass-roots solutions."
-Producer Melissa Young
As the world breaks into rioting from hunger, Moving Images appears with the film, GOOD FOOD and puts the spotlight on the tip of a different kind of iceberg. Producers M ...
