Boots on the Ground
I recently heard humans described as an "overabundant, renewable resource" by author, filmmaker, and champion of localization Helena...
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Jackie Skrypnek
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Get Your Nettle Eyes On
Do you have a favourite wild food? I think mine may be stinging nettle. Each spring I scan the landscape for signs...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jan 7
- 2 min
The Winter Larder
It's a funny time of year to try to connect to place through food. Our recent record-setting cold spell has cast such a deep, icy...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Aug 19, 2021
- 4 min
Plant the Water, Then the Tree
Here in Alberta our weather woes typically involve cursing our frozen fingers as we scrape icy windshields or groaning when May rain...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Apr 23, 2021
- 3 min
Town and Country
Every year when it comes time to replenish my garden soil I'm reminded of how we city folk rely on country folk to make our world go 'round
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
A Winter Wonder
Sure, I'd like to be visiting family on Vancouver Island where the cherry blossoms are already opening, or dashing outside barefoot to...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Sweater Weather
In June when I wrote about our new backyard greenhouse, the fresh white paint inside had barely dried and the young plants, still tidy...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
At Home in the World
The pandemic has invited us to swap travel in search of excitement elsewhere for a renewed inhabitance of our own place in the world...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
Vegetables Guaranteed
Here we are in a new season - and in some ways a new world entirely - and I'm happy to report our little food-growing addition is complete.
Jackie Skrypnek
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
For Certain
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:
Jackie Skrypnek
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
Circumstance Dictates
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.
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jan 23, 2020
- 2 min
Fire in the Belly
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.
Jackie Skrypnek
- Nov 20, 2019
- 3 min
Skeptical of a Cucumber
If soil is the earth's microbiome, is producing food without it a good idea?
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jun 16, 2019
- 3 min
Partake
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.
Jackie Skrypnek
- Mar 8, 2019
- 3 min
A Bowl to Savour
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,...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jan 25, 2019
- 2 min
All Together Now
"We need to create a vibrant and tight knit community around our food systems in order to achieve substantive change." -Zev Friedman Part...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Nov 30, 2018
- 3 min
Dig in to December
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...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Oct 26, 2018
- 2 min
A Trick or Two
Summer has come and gone in Alberta and as you may have heard (or experienced yourself!) we actually endured several weeks of winter...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jul 6, 2018
- 3 min
Food From Home
"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...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Apr 26, 2018
- 3 min
A Spring Meal
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...