Greening Lansdowne Park by Paving Greenbelt Forest.
Greening Lansdowne Park by Paving Greenbelt Forests. Next Wednesday, September 1st 2010 the City’s Committee of Adjustment will be considering an application for a “Minor Variance” that would allow more than 28 acres of existing forest in the Greenbelt to be destroyed and replaced with a 2,000 car parking lot and Exhibition Hall. Our city [...]
Loblaws at COG’s 2010 Feast of Fields
Some commentary on an article in Ottawa Magazine that has to do with Loblaw’s sponsorship of this years Feast of the Fields event in Ottawa, Ontario: It is always difficult to see a brand you hold near and dear go mainstream and that seems to be what’s happening with the Feast of Fields. Participants like [...]
Shifting boundaries
Via the Ottawa Citizen: Shifting boundaries. There was an interesting letter in the Citizen this morning. It made me wonder if this “sacred ideology of growth” which Madeline Weld writes about could be successfully shifted to focus on (or include) plants and animals. The Letter: Shifting boundaries By Madeline Weld, The Ottawa Citizen May 18, [...]
City proposes cuts to tree maintenance budget
Shared via here. Shared by jg A great article from Apartment613! Courtesy of jhscrapmom on flickr Trees are the thin green line holding our cities back from the concrete abyss. Adding a line of ash or maples instantly transforms the mean city streets to a more humane and hospitable place and adds both beauty and [...]
Savour Ottawa – Eat local and let someone else cook!
Mmmm… fresh food. Visit www.savourottawa.ca for more pictures, videos and links.
Edible Action – Sally Miller
Wow. This book is a solid compendium of research quite relevant to anyone interested in developing Canadian food policy and to those interested in attempting to relocalize a global economy. A few things made clear to me in this book: The whole “vote with your fork”/”vote with your dollar” concept is certainly not the most [...]
Wild Edibles Course, Day 2
An after work hike in the woods near Pakenham gave Martha and opportunity to show us several new plants and cook us up a meal along the shoreline. We were all lucky enough to have an opportunity to hike through some beautiful property that was COVERED with white & red trillium. There were a few [...]
Wild Horseradish… …or Ode to Crinkleroot
The bush in front of the house has a plethora of Crinkleroot. It is not the easiest to grow or harvest or clean BUT if you like horseradish you definitively need to give this root a taste! Think strong horseradish with a bright,minty kick and a small (almost unnoticeable) hint of black licorice — all [...]
Wolfe Grove Spring Walk – Almonte, Ontario
Yesterday I finally made it to one of Martha’s Edible Wild tours. We spent 6 hours walking through the bush learning of (and sampling) edible plants which grow in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Martha is in her mid Eighties and I learned SOOO much I can’t list it all here; however, here are some [...]