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The Miracle of Rain
It’s always amazed me when weather announcers on TV or radio almost uniformly apologize when forecasting upcoming rain. As if rain is going to irrevocably ruin the next days’ activities or permanently scar kids’ psychics when an outdoor sport is impacted or postponed. Oh, my weekend plans are disrupted. News flash. Without rain, there is […]
Hurricane Season – Part 2
Sometimes we humans aren’t too smart. We don’t use our God-given intelligence. In the 21st century, with satellite technology and weather sensors, we see a hurricane forming, building, and strengthening, and can easily track direction and progress. As the hurricane grows nearer, we are forewarned to leave an area. Sometimes we are ordered to evacuate. […]
Hurricane Season – Part 1
Although now living in British Columbia, some of you are aware that I grew up in South Carolina. The areas are as different as chalk and cheese. One of these is the weather and what influences it. Here we have the Japanese current, bringing relative warmth to our part of the southern Canadian Pacific coastline. […]
The Satisfying Busyness of Farming
Farm life is busy life. Always something to do. As with any activity that becomes consuming, the hours go by quickly. The days seem even more so. But it is a good kind of busy. Here on Rosemeade Farm, a berry and fruit U-Pick, we have 5 acres and is half in ‘production’. A couple […]
The Blessed Alternative to Irrigation
We take a lot of things for granted in this life, especially in our convenient, 21st century society. A society where food somehow miraculously appears before our eyes – whether on the grocery shelf, kitchen counter, drive-thru window, or restaurant table. Many of us, mostly the Gen-Xers and younger, are oblivious to where this amazing […]
Warm Days Return to the Farm
It has taken a while to arrive, but the days are now sunny and warm. A far cry from 16 inches of snow during late winter. It seems like the melt was only a couple of days ago. Where do the days go! As you know, the further north one travels, the longer is […]
Wastefulness and the West
It’s probably not earthshaking news to say that we live in a world full of waste. With food alone, the stats are out there concluding that what we throw away in developed countries could feed the entire world…and more. Look around you at everything we toss. Daily. Sometimes we simply don’t notice, because it is […]
Unplugged
For a few weeks, I have left British Columbia and visiting my home state of South Carolina. Along with reconnecting with family, I am checking on two properties in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina that have been in our family for decades: our family’s vacation cabin and my cabin, to which I hope […]
The Quiet Days of a Canadian Winter
It’s winter here on the farm. I suppose it could be categorized as quieter days, more restful days — but this is all relative. The plants are resting, and so I feel justified to relax a bit more also. This is the lull before the spring push of new growth, blossoms, and fruit. Yes, daylight […]
Snow and more snow
We’re snowed in! This isn’t earthshaking news for Canada but in our part of the country, it is. Fifteen inches over three days and most everything has stopped in its tracks. Only essential travel is recommended. So we have little movement at the end of our dead-end road to the farm. The dynamics are interesting. […]
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