Let Winter Do its Work
Winter probably gets the least love of all the seasons. In the fall, people utter ominous grumblings that it's "on its way", continue to...
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Jackie Skrypnek
- Jun 15, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...
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
- Dec 14, 2017
- 3 min
The Sun As Anchor
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...
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
- Jul 8, 2017
- 2 min
Flower to Fruit
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...
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