Author Archives: faerie

The fork just ran away with the spoon, and we are left to eat with our hands… while there is still food to be had. because, see, food is going to be more expensive, and there will be a lot less of … Continue reading →

Spent the day off farm today. On errands. For supplies. Into the city, and the South Island beyond. So dramatic. Like Pa on his seasonal days-long wagon-run into Mankato, setting off up the dusty track of tree-lined road and over … Continue reading →

Our awesome piggies live a very happy life at InishOge! photo by James McLaughlin

This podcast is a fascinating history of our long relationship with the pig, via a fantastic interview with historian Mark Essig, author of Lesser Beasts: A Snout to Tail History of the Humble Pig. As Henry Kissinger said back in … Continue reading →

Four years ago, we moved with our two children from an urban life in Vancouver, where food grew in our yard and chickens roamed with the kids, to a farm on southern Vancouver Island. To ride the waves of peak … Continue reading →

The CBC reported July 23rd that Quesnel, BC is attempting to attract doctors to their community by giving them really nice fully-furnished housing along with a really nice new car. An interesting idea. Hope that works. (A government mandated, essential … Continue reading →

If the new notion of local farming and food production is to endure, it must start with determined individuals willing to go through the hellfire of unpleasant physical work and low financial returns. – Gene Logsdon, I Live In A … Continue reading →

Its the land that is our wisdom. Its the land that shines us through. Its the land that feeds our children. Its the land; you cannot own the land, the land owns you. – from the song Solid Ground, sung … Continue reading →