Bruce Springsteen’s music is often the soundtrack of my weekend mornings. There is something about waking up and fumbling through the first cup of coffee while listening to Springsteen’s unpretentious — and mostly irony-free — heartland rock that makes me believe the day ahead has worthwhile things in store. It’s not that the themes are …
The peas were up before we finished planting the garden this year. We like to plant most of our seeds as soon as we can work our soil. Because we have a sandy loam it tends to dry out and warm up quickly. This allows us to plant earlier as well. When I first started …
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It’s only recently that most people have forgotten how to forage for food. For thousands of years, First Nations communities across Canada lived on food provided by nature. Berries, barks, plants, flowers and herbs were cyclically harvested for food and medicine. Colonization changed the relationship between people, the land, and wild foods but a forager’s …
We got the stern border guard at Haines customs this year. No, we’re not bringing any firearms, plants or suitcases full of money, but I do have six beer entries for the homebrew competition. “The what? The who? How big are them beers?” He didn’t get it. Nobody warned him that several hundred thirsty Canadians …
