Here's what's keeping me grounded and hopeful; what's acting as both a balm and a way to be deliberate about the future:

We've been cooking up a new little project for our urban plot at Hereabouts - a wee space for soaking up the sun and growing more food.

I find the best kind of motivation is a beautiful vision of what could be, a glimpse of the world as I want it to become.

If soil is the earth's microbiome, is producing food without it a good idea?

Back at our campsite, we proudly laid our haul out on the picnic table. We washed and strung morels like beads on necklaces to dry.

We're at the tail end of winter and the pantry's almost bare. Well, likely not bare at all given our access to the modern supermarket, but our regional pantr...

"We need to create a vibrant and tight knit community around our food systems in order to achieve substantive change." -Zev Friedman Part of the aim in creat...

Earth is leaning away from our star as though playing a bit coy, backing off as though it just needs a little space before it can draw back in again. This lo...

Summer has come and gone in Alberta and as you may have heard (or experienced yourself!) we actually endured several weeks of winter before autumn arrived. Y...

"By this action, what am I saying 'yes' to?" -Charles Eisenstein, The Yoga of Eating Deep into last winter I had my doubts we'd ever feel the warmth of July ...

Those of you in milder climes may find it hard to believe, but here in our Cochrane yard, approaching the end of April, just about the only things I can find...

Well, we've done it! We've seen ourselves through another winter. Sure, it's not fully behind us yet, but the darkest and the coldest of it is. Sometimes, as...

(Do excuse me if this post seems dubiously tangential to the operation of Hereabouts B&B! In my mind these things are all related - Hereabouts came about par...

Christmas is fast approaching and I think we can all agree that the experience goes beyond one of pure peace, love, and joy. There's bound to be some pressur...

With summer well and truly behind us and fall swiftly morphing into winter, it's a good time to don a thick sweater and take stock of what we reaped this pas...

The tiny house faces south; the main roof overhang manages the sun that enters the clerestory windows, while the two canopies manage sun entering the lower g...

Year of the Rooster? Year of Trump? How about Year of the Flower? Here in southern Alberta, 2017 has seen the greatest showcase of floral abundance in recent...

Spring has finally arrived in Alberta and, along with birdsong and bicycles, this means a whole lot of green. Green - a favourite colour of humans! In the la...

“Cooking gives you a chance to practice the esoteric art of manifestation - bringing something from the imagination into physical reality.” -Andrew Weil Th...

The First of March. That time of year when we feel we can almost glimpse spring ahead. And yet, if you've lived in Alberta long enough you know to reign in ...