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Linda Gilkeson is a local treasure house of information for organic gardeners. As an entomologist and year round food gardener living on Saltspring Island, she has written some popular books that are excellent resources: West Coast Gardening: Natural Insect, Weed and Disease Control (just revised and updated), Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to […]
Coco Kimmitt performs “The Cloak of Love” at Cornerstone Cafe’s story time edition of Thursday Night Soundscapes. Jan. 31, 2013. Photo: Louis Bockner Louis Bockner
Published April 2013 Village Vibe Newspaper “Sorry man,” I say into my phone as I walk towards Fernwood’s Cornerstone Cafe. “I can’t go to the bar. I’m going to story time.”
Silence.
A year or […]
Josh Wagler
Published April 2013 Village Vibe Newspaper As I once heard from one of my favourite eight year olds, it was a day that looked like a big wool sock had been pulled over the sky. Nonetheless, spring is fast approaching, and by the time of print, it will have already sprung. As I write, the […]
Ruben’s homemade bacon smoking machine built with a cardboard box, hotplate, aluminum pie plate, tin foil and dry hickory chips. Photo: Ruben Anderson The Bacon Life
Ruben AndersonPublished April 2013 Village Vibe Newspaper We moved back to Victoria in 2011. Being closer to family was part of it, but we also sought a more richly meaningful life. We […]
Dr. Robert Griffin speaking at Fernwood University about the many small-scale local grocers who used to line the streets of Victoria. Photo: Mila Czemerys Jack DerricourtPublished April 2013 Village Vibe Newspaper
Delighted faces flocked to the Cornerstone Cafe Tuesday March 5th for the first installment of Fernwood University. This year’s free lectures focused on the issue of […]
Actor Bill Pullman at his childhood orchard in upstate New York. Photo: Eye Steel Film Mila CzemerysPublished April 2013 Village Vibe Newspaper
Fernwood NRG is bringing the premiere screening of this film, The Fruit Hunters, to town. The screening will in the Belfry Theatre’s Studio A on April 11th at 7:30pm.
All proceeds from this screening will go […]
Chef Fauna Martin in front of her new restaurant, CaVa Bistro Moderne. Photo: Alexandra Stephanson
Kelsey Singbeil
Published April 2013 Village Vibe Newspaper Duck confit and dark chocolate soufflé grace the menu of Fernwood’s newest restaurant, CaVa Bistro Moderne. The French bistro is tempered with an Australian influence, resulting in a welcoming, laid back room and delicious dishes.
Chef […]
