FERMENTATION 101
I am willing to hazard that you enjoy the results of fermentation in some way, shape, or form. What I'm not going ...
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ALL Volume 12
PUTTING YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN TO BED
After our vegetable gardens has pumped out all of the food and flavour it can, one very important job remains: ...
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STONECROFT FARM
Back in the seventies, Glen and Kathy Beaton got married then saved enough money to buy 47 acres in Black Creek. ...
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COFFE AND COASTLINES IN PERU
My first impressions of Peru came on a domestic flight between Lima and Cusco. Bleary eyed after 20 hours of ...
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A CABIN BUILT FROM THE WOODS
I met Cyril Werlen from cascadianwoodtech almost a year ago in our favourite coffee shop. Unbeknownst to me, this ...
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OUR CHURCH BUILDINGS
When I was a little girl in the 1960s, we’d play hand games to amuse ourselves: cat’s cradle, shadow puppets, and ...
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CHEMAINUS
The sun rises from the east, cresting over the peaks of Salt Spring Island to bring light to the little village of ...
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DAIRY FARMING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
My husband Kyle and I grew up in the Comox Valley, both of us lovingly raised on the family farms started by our ...
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PRE-LOVED
I have always loved reading, but fell hard for books when I was eight. We were living in an amateur’s converted ...
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COMOX MARINA
The Purple Martins swirl and swoop in the air above my head, their bright chirping punctuating the sound of the ...
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FORGING PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS
By his own admission, James Emslie has a knack for making modern things from other people’s discarded items. His ...
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CREATING FUN & GAMES
There’s a new sign up at the Harbour Centre building in Comox that maybe doesn’t quite fit with the other ...
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HARVEST & SHADOWS
Summer lays down to sleep in the cool woods. The crisp fall air wakens. Trails of dark wet earth wind through the ...
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STRATHCONA PARK
The map of British Columbia is festooned with splotches of green, and we've got the granddaddy of them all—2500sq ...
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HOLISTIC HEALTH
In 1874 in Kirksville, Missouri, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still pioneered a form of manual therapy that emphasized the ...
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FOOD AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY
We live in an agriculturally rich region where traditions converge to create a sophisticated local food culture. ...
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HOW THEY ROLL
Over the years, I’ve quietly contemplated whether I have the skills—and the lady balls—to try roller derby. It’s a ...
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KISS YOUR FEARS GOODBYE
“I had no idea they made planes this small…it’s so cute. What a lovely scenic flight. Oh, look at Quadra and ...
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WEIGHING OUR OPTIONS
I’m standing at the sink, doing the dishes, washing out the plastic yoghurt pot before tossing it into the ...
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THE THREE RS
As we stood at the bottom of the twenty-one steps leading to the main entrance of the former Royston schoolhouse ...
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CELEBRATE
We have much to celebrate in the Comox Valley.
Aside from spectacular scenery and a host of ways to amuse ...
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