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...
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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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- Mar 14, 2018
- 2 min
Begin Again
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...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Oct 31, 2017
- 3 min
3 Sisters, 1 Recipe
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...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Mar 2, 2017
- 3 min
Full-Spectrum Garden
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...