by Karen Bush | Jan 6, 2020 | Recipes, Sufficiency
Sometimes a brilliantly simple solution presents itself for a problem you didn’t realize you had. We are a mostly dairy-free household and I never buy cow’s milk, except to combat mildew on the squash vines in August (but that’s a different story). I...
by Karen Bush | Aug 26, 2019 | Sufficiency
A new phrase for me – regenerative farming. At the end of July, we participated in the Eco Living and Home Tour on Salt Spring Island, and I met a kindred spirit. Apple Turnover is the clever name for a one-and-a-half-acre homestead being regenerated by Elisa Rajthe...
by Karen Bush | Jun 5, 2019 | Foraging, Sufficiency
This time of year, if I had to depend only on what I plant, I would carry home much less food from my garden. The promise of abundance is there, but very little is ready to eat just yet. Thankfully, the wild edibles that volunteer in my plot and its periphery are...
by Karen Bush | Apr 1, 2019 | Foraging, Sufficiency
In the spring just as the tree buds are becoming leaves, it’s time to start looking for nettles to harvest. If you find a patch, it will likely be abundant. Nettles, Urtica dioica, are wonderfully good for you, high in nutrients and with many health benefits. (I...
by Karen Bush | Mar 27, 2019 | Foraging, Sufficiency
After an unnatural cold snap that would not go away, my first visit to the community garden last week was pretty bleak. Even my kale leaves had been destroyed by day after day of below freezing temperatures. It’s not what we’re used to here in the Pacific...
by Karen Bush | Jul 21, 2016 | Gardening, Sufficiency
There Is No Such Thing as Too Much Zucchini My growing space is small, so when people see that I have two hills of summer squash, both zucchini, they’re sure I must be a beginner gardener who doesn’t have a clue about how much those hills are going to...
