Okanagan Nut Foraging Guide: Hazelnuts, Walnuts & Chestnuts
You might be walking past free food (my favourite kind) without even realizing it! Once I started learning how to recognize nut trees, I began noticing them
How to Make Old-Fashioned Soda with a Ginger Bug + My Raspberry Calendula Fall Soda Recipe
Making soda with a ginger bug is one of my favourite ways to turn seasonal fruit, herbs and flowers into a fresh floral drink. A ginger bug
Don’t Throw Away Your Celery Leaves: 7 Easy Ways to Use Them
Have you ever noticed how naked celery looks at the grocery store? Most of those beautiful dark green leaves have been stripped away, yet they're one of
The Tomato Harvest: Canning + Preserving Guide
Tomato season is one of my favourite times to preserve food because tomatoes can become so many different things. Whole tomatoes, sauce, juice, salsa, paste, soup bases,
Homemade Natural Mascara: Going Back to Simpler Beauty
For thousands of years, people made beauty products from what they had around them. Long before cosmetics and ingredient lists, different cultures created their own colour for
Foraging Rosehips: How to Identify, Harvest & Use This Wild Fall Fruit
I love revisiting the same wild plants throughout the seasons. The roses we enjoyed earlier in the summer have another harvest waiting for us as summer begins
Canning Pears for Winter
Pear season is one I really look forward to. We eat a lot of pears in our house, so I usually put up around 60 pounds while
Goldenrod Season: Foraging, Drying + 5 Ways to Use It
Goldenrod always feels like one of the first signs that summer is beginning to wind down. Those tall sprays of yellow start appearing along fields, trails and
How I Harvest, Preserve and Use Basil Year Round
If there’s one thing that thrives in my greenhouse, it’s basil. This herb is a powerhouse in my kitchen, and harvest days are always a big deal
Back-To-Bliss Sneak Peek: Fall-o-ween Earrings Coming Soon!
Back to bliss celebration! School year has started up again, we are so excited to start up out homeschooling year, that we are want to announce our
Celebrating Non-Gmo Apples in September
Orchards are heavy with fruit, and apple trees are bending under the weight of this season’s harvest. It’s the perfect time to bring awareness to a subject
Catching Septembers Harvest Supermoon
There’s something magical about waking up before the world does, especially when you’re in a place like Penticton, surrounded by mountains and lakes. This morning, I had
My Go-To Natural Garden Routine: Neem Oil Recipe
A little backstory on why I know so much about neem oil—it takes me back to my jungle days in Bali. I lived there for a few
Harnessing Inner Power: Hiking Mount Agung in Bali at Night
September has arrived, and it brings with it the key to ignite my life's highlight No9, a fresh beginning and a new adventure. Today, I want to
