A little bit of snow, at 13 Below. Just another winter day in the Similkameen. Spring is on the way!
Late Winter Magnolias
The Orange Granny Smiths of the Similkameen
Kind of pretty when the sun comes out in February! Beloved of robins and ravens, these frozen and fermented apple daiquiris are just the thing to get through a chill winter day. […]
Apples for the Rich and Famous
Tevel technologies are developing what they call “the best fruit pickers in the world.” The purpose is to keep family farms in the family, to reduce labour costs, ensure reliability of labour, […]
Accidental Invention
It was created at considerable expense to protect a somewhat unhappy hydrangea from deer. This is what landscaping can be when you’ve spent your million bucks on the house and then what. […]
Canadian Food Security and Apples
Here’s a question: does growing food in Canada constitute food security? Perhaps there’s a question here of food quality. Take a look at these Royal Gala apple trees. That’s a system designed […]
Winter Tourism in the Okanagan Valley
Right now, Okanagan Valley tourism centres around wine, beaches, boats, skis, golf, a bit of biking and adventure, a tiny bit of camping, and restaurants, usually with wine or golf or skis. […]
Freshwater Mussels Have to Breathe, Too
Bit of a thing, it is. The City of Vernon wants to thrash milfoil… … in the lake, because it’s a nasty invasive plant that does a lot of bad things to […]
Travel Restrictions Removed in the North Okanagan
Travellers coming through today on their way to the Arctic, heads held high. Restaurant open for service. All is well.
Frost on the Breath
I showed you a couple days ago how Oregon grape uses fine leaf points to dissipate heat, creating cold points which then attract frost, which creates heat when it freezes, more heat […]
Dramatic Okanagan Weather
Some of it is urban off-gassing. Ouch. You can see thin blue exhaust over the lake in the distance, wafting north from Kelowna, and more of it in Shorts Creek Canyon in […]
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