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    At Home in the World
    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...
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    Vegetables Guaranteed
    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.
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    Circumstance Dictates
    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.
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    All Together Now
    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...
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    A Trick or Two
    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...
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    Let the Sun Shine In
    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...
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    Flower to Fruit
    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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    Spring Yard Foray
    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...
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    Start Where We Are
    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...
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