Wine is getting expensive these days. A bottle of Okanagan red usually costs upwards of $20. The best stuff goes for over $150. Ouch. Yes, I understand that only so much wine […]
Maréchal Foch: The Forgotten Grape of the Okangan
The Organic Machine
One of my goals for writing Okanagan Okanogan was to collect material and photographs to support a project reimagining the landscape of the Greater Okanagan as a series of organic and physical […]
Amazing Vole Gardens
If you’re going to plant a garden, it’s a good idea to dig around and till the soil a bit first. Here’s a meadow vole doing just that, affectionately imaged by the […]
The Problem with Watersheds
Human engineering rearranges landscapes to make water flow. This is a curious thing when a landscape is renowned for being short of water. Since the human carrying capacity of the Okanagan has […]
Cool Water Tech
These bunchgrass individuals are growing on almost bare stone, high on a slope three hundred metres above the valley floor and little troubled by weeds. This is the cloud zone that has […]
Coyote Hunting
I ran into an old friend today, high on the hill. First sign, here: Coyote and His Family at 4000 Feet To him, the valley is a river of light. He goes […]
What is a Museum For?
Perhaps a museum is for preserving valuable cultural artifacts of more than personal significance and which might otherwise not be available for purposes of public renewal. Things like this: Pumphouse on the […]
Ice Wine and a Riesling Fit for Kings
Ice wine and Riesling are both cold climate wines. For a riesling, let’s look at Cedar Creek, in Okanagan Mission. For ice wine, let’s go to the far north, in Vernon. If anything […]
Leisure Economy or Value Added Economy?
In the Okanagan, the economy is largely built around real estate development, which is built around people playing on water. Well, sort of: The Leisure Economy in November A summer culture waiting […]
What Season is This, Anyway?
Spring, of course! Take a look. Mid-November, and Spring Has Sprung in the North Okanagan A day before, these new weeds were sitting under three inches of snow. The snow will be […]
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