I thought at first this bunchgrass was in such beautiful shape this spring because of a winter of voles fertilizing it while nesting in its thatch. Then I realized that it hasn’t […]
How to Turn the Okanagan Into a Desert
Pacific Wild Currant Having a Great Day in the Sun
These wild currants were just humming with bees today. None were domestic bees. Bumblebees and some mid-sized black ones, very sleek. For the first time in years, no insect pests, no damaged […]
Why I Love Mud and Muck
Because the mourning cloaks do! It’s a good time to go ruin your shoes. Go on, now. It’s worth it.
Green, Green, the Herbs are Green!
I went to the garden to flavour my potatoes for dinner, and what did I find? Aha: A Quick Harvest While the Pot Boiled Top: Welsh Onions Bottom: Garlic Chives From left […]
Pruning Fun at Splatsin, or Keeping Safe
Ah, such fun. Here are Edna’s cherry trees at Splatsin, pruned so she can reach the fruit without a family giraffe. Sometimes, that’s what food sustainability means most of all. And her […]
The Amazing Long-Distance Relationships Between Bee, Flower and Bird
To gather pollen, a bee is completely exposed — easily spotted from a distance. Their defense is to flee when there is any shadow passing over the yellow cushion of the flower. […]
Traveller at the Core of the Sun
Fare well, voyagers! What a day for space travel!
The Islands of Cascadia
Muscular. An Oyster Without a Shell Bare. A Head, With its Body Under the Sea Treed. A Mouth Speaking. A Head Opening Up. Bodies. A Double-Headed Person with a Shared […]
Know Your Place
If you were to walk up this draw in the Similkameen, you would meet a few of the Earth’s faces at the toes of these interlocked ridges, pass by them in story, […]
Never Trust Electronic Communication
So, I phoned ahead, right, and asked for a strip of land to be tilled for my baby trees. What I didn’t know was that there was a 3/4″-thick piece of rebar […]
Okanagan Okanogan 