Nothing? Or maybe $2.54 each down at Save-On Foods? It’s not labour that makes the price. A friend of mine, a Mexican temporary worker, works his summers here in Canada because in […]
The apples will be fermenting for the birds in early April. The hips will be ready in March. The haws (Columbia) will be ready in February… The rowan berries will be ready […]
I spotted this handy unit down the road yesterday. All tech should be so efficient! Here’s a close up of the blade system. And here you can see the balance between the […]
The topsoil and subsoil of a stretch of land can be removed by truck and then replaced in a state that mixes subsoil clay and topsoil together, or just clay on top […]
Land was taken from the Okanagan Indian Band to start a cattle industry in the 1860s, to generate a cash economy to support the administration of the colony of British Columbia and […]
So, the deer come by in deer territory in the Great Canadian Military City of Vernon and munch stuff grown with water because access to water is blocked by farm fences and […]
Landscaping is hard work. The name says it all: land + scoop, the Old Norse word for fate, the shape one makes of a life by work, the scoop that drains a […]
Elms are made out of spaces where there is no light, within light, limited by having to be connected to each other yet arranged so that they both lead away from each […]
A couple weeks ago, things were looking pretty poorly up the road, with unseasonable snow.. But now, things are looking up, with unseasonable heat. Always wear a hat. That’s the trick. Right. […]
Welcome to Vernon. We look after our roads here. Others might consider it a mysterious business, but sometimes we fix many holes at a time. Our work crews are trained and skilled, […]
