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...
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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
- 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
- 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
- Oct 2, 2017
- 4 min
Let the Sun Shine In
The tiny house faces south; the main roof overhang manages the sun that enters the clerestory windows, while the two canopies manage sun...
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...
Jackie Skrypnek
- May 18, 2017
- 2 min
Spring Yard Foray
Spring has finally arrived in Alberta and, along with birdsong and bicycles, this means a whole lot of green. Green - a favourite colour...
Jackie Skrypnek
- Jan 21, 2017
- 3 min
Start Where We Are
INDIGENOUS: "produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment" "Someone who learns to use all...