Earth, or machine. One increases diversity. One reduces it. Or is it so? When the Syilx managed these grasslands with fire and selective harvesting methods, they increased species diversity. The species-rich landscape that the […]
Sand is energy, too. Stream Running onto Mackenzie Beach, Tofino Together, they are yet another energy.
This is the rain. This is the light. This is farming: All images from Okanagan Landing, British Columbia.
If you want warmth in the late winter, it’s best to leave the ice of the valley floor, pretty as it is. Sunrise on Okanagan Lake Up high, it’s as warm as […]
I weep. At the beginning of the 1980s, I grafted the first Fuji apples in this country, as part of an attempt to free us from the trade rules of the Canadian […]
Two fish stare from deep in the subconscious, in rocks that naturally wear into patterns humanly recognizable as faces. Mara Lake It’s a good place for some magic. Here’s a couple other […]
Some landscapes are made by wind. Not these ones in the Chilcotin Basalt, inland from the glacially-carved volcanic arc of the Coast Mountains. Big Bar Eskers This is where the glaciers melted […]
Take a look. The colour blue is the one first seen out of darkness. Look at it … The Rise Vineyard, Bella Vista Our fences can’t hold it, nor can they hold […]
Allan Savory is brilliant. He talks about grass. Believe every word he says, but if you live in Western North America don’t believe a word of it. Source If you would like […]
Water is life. Life is also water. The relationship goes both ways. Here’s some water…… and here’s some more, on the same mountain on the same day… The first one is water […]
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