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While Castlegar City Council makes an impassioned plea for residents to understand the tough times the City is facing, it seems that all the good work, energy and momentum that was generated during the Integrated Community Sustainability Planning (ICSP) sessions seems to have fallen to the wayside.
Council still has a focus on attracting new businesses to the [...]
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In the quest for useful plants to grow in our urban farm, we are looking at basket willow as a resource that has multiple uses:
Fedges – A cross between a fence and a hedge.
Living Structures
Basket-weaving
Coppicing for sustainable timber harvesting, and
Carbon sequestration
I’d like to give a plug to a local Kootenay Boundary grower of a variety [...]
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I straightened up from the soothing task of weeding the rows of baby carrots, rubbing my back as I watched my daughter perched high in the peach tree across the yard. She was meticulous in easing the plump ripe fruit off the branches, gently shooing away the yellowjackets when necessary, obviously drawn to the sweet [...]
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Our experiment to leave some crops in the ground failed pretty miserably so far. Just when we needed to feed the masses, I went out to the garden, dug down through the snow, then through the hay… and struck rock hard frozen soil. I actually pried out a carrot that was about 3 inches diameter, [...]
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The stories of the great depression still seem far away for most of us in North America, sure there are housing foreclosures, but breadlines?Rising alcoholism? Families sharing houses? Is this North America?
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I commented on the Castlegar News website on the editorial regarding the RDCK proposal to permit abattoirs in the rual zones. Here’s an excerpt:
The release of the book the 100 Mile Diet has brought up a lot of debate about eating more local foods.
The benefits are the same as any shop local campaign. Money stays [...]
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A good day for Urban Chicken supporters in British Columbia:
The City of Vancouver has moved one step closer to allowing urban chicken coops in residential backyards.
Councillors voted unanimously on Thursday night to direct staff to study the issue and draft a bylaw amendment.
City staff will take a few months to look at issues such as [...]
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