I don’t own a cell phone, which makes me a bit of a freak in this day and age. I remember travelling on a bus […] Read More
Author: Spring Gillard
When I was in Tofino recently, I wanted to find out how they had resolved their water storage problem. Back in 2006, they famously ran […] Read More
I just published my latest book on-line with Smashwords: Something’s Rotten in Compost City, A Primer on the Politics of Food. It’s been a long […] Read More
I’ve been exploring composting options for the Kits Community Centre commercial kitchen. We checked out the White Dragon in action at Trafalgar’s Bistro. It was […] Read More
I suppose it is fitting that in the year I choose Middle Path as my theme, that I find myself at Middle Beach Lodge on […] Read More
Many years ago I delivered a worm bin to a cousin of mine who lives in Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island. I […] Read More
The first time I called Garry and Wendy Lowe at the appointed interview hour, there was no answer. That’s because cell phone service was down […] Read More
I did a large batch of fermented pickles this year – large for me. In the twenty jars, I had only one botch. Thankfully it […] Read More
We have been touring the Olympic Village with design manager Roger Bayley for four years now in the SFU Applications course, part of a certificate […] Read More
My mom was complaining about the tomatoes she picked this summer at an organic farm in the Okanagan. The farm used to be conventional, but […] Read More