Duncan and Emma's Salt Spring Island Adventure!
So last night it snowed – quite a lot! It was that nice heavy west coast snow, so lots of our trees got kinda flattened. Emma has just been outside knocking the snow of the worst ones with a broom – well until she threw the broom up the cherry tree and it got stuck!…
Last weekend we went to check out the trail network at Channel Ridge here on Salt Spring Island. As part of the planning process for the new development up there our PARC department negotiated for the preservation of the existing trail network on the undeveloped areas. They have just completed a project to improve the access,…
So we recently got back from a 2 week trip to England. I have to admit that before we left, other than the fact that we were attending the wedding of a good friend, I wasn't sure I was looking forward to the trip – especially all the travelling. I have to say that I…
As well as being a landmark book by Iain Banks, the wasp factory is also a good description for what has been happening here on Salt Spring this summer. For some reason the summer conditions have produced a bumper crop…of wasps. Not exactly every food growers dream. Since August we abandoned eating outside, as the chance…
It was a late summer this year, and despite the addition of a few very hot days, its has been consistently below average temperatures. This time last year we were picking pounds of ripe tomatoes every few days and had zucchini overload by August. This year its late September and we have just done our first…