A better green tomato cake! November 14, 2020Nicole Comment As the weather here starts to get colder, we have to harvest our tomatoes, ripe or not, before they get exposed to a [...]
Trip report: Sunshine Coast Trail, part 3 March 10, 2019Nicole Comment The final installment of our trip report, hiking the Sunshine Coast Trail. This section covers the section from the campground at Suicide Creek [...]
Trip report: Sunshine Coast Trail, part 2 March 7, 2019March 10, 2019Nicole Comment We continue our trip report from hiking the Sunshine Coast Trail. The previous report covered Sarah Point (km 0) to Powell River Bridge [...]
Trip report: Sunshine Coast Trail, part 1 March 3, 2019March 8, 2019Nicole Comment Last summer, Mathieu and I thru-hiked the Sunshine Coast Trail. Yep, we hiked 180 km, up and down small mountains, carrying everything on [...]
Moist green tomato cake recipe October 13, 2018Nicole Comment The start of fall and cooler weather brings with it lots of green tomatoes that need to be picked before the first hard [...]
Make room for edamame this summer February 19, 2018Nicole Comment I remember the first time I tried edamame. I was in a Japanese restaurant, and the server placed a bowl of warm little [...]
Zucchini bread: a summer staple August 7, 2017Nicole Comment If you have ever grown zucchini, chances are you have ended up with a few (or if you’re like me, many) that grew [...]
Best rhubarb cake ever! May 27, 2017Nicole Comment It’s the end of May, and the weather in our region has been most uncooperative. It’s been cold. It’s been rainy. And it’s [...]
Farm tour: Hawaiian Vanilla Company February 5, 2017Nicole 1 We recently vacationed on the Big Island of Hawai’i, which was an incredible experience. It is an amazing place if you love being [...]
It’s time to plant garlic! November 12, 2016Nicole Comment The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and we have had a few rounds of light frost. That can only [...]