Here in Alberta our weather woes typically involve cursing our frozen fingers as we scrape icy windshields or groaning when May rain...

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

In June when I wrote about our new backyard greenhouse, the fresh white paint inside had barely dried and the young plants, still tidy...

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.

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.

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

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

"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...

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...

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...

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...