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Healing Herbs: Nasturtium – CSA Week #9
This week you have been given a little potted Nasturtium plant (Tropaeolum majus). These are the spicy orange flowers you have been receiving in your salad mix each week, so I thought it’s about time we talk about them! Nasturtium flowers have a peppery taste, and as a companion to your other plants they actually […]
Kitchen Exploration: Use and Value – CSA Week #8
Kitchen Exploration:Using and Valuing Diversity by Cooking for Each Person’s Needs One of the Big Ideas in the BC Curriculum for English Language Arts is that “people understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.” When I listened to our elder Peter read the story, Old Turtle and the Broken Truth, during Learning Circle this […]
Healing Herbs: Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) – CSA Week #8
Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) is beloved for its luscious red berries and is native to many parts of Europe. The leaves of the raspberry plant are used in classic herbal preparations to support a woman’s health tonically (meaning it can be taken regularly) and especially during their moon time and during pregnancy. The leaves are considered […]
OUR Educational CSA – Week #8
Hello CSA members! I know we mention this every week but that’s because it is important to us ~ Thank you for helping us reduce waste and consumption as much as possible and returning jars, containers, egg cartons and your plant pots for us to reuse! The baking containers we have been using are actually […]
A Note from Freya – CSA Treats! – CSA Week #7
In this week’s lifestyle box, we have a very special treat — Freya’s Carrot Ginger Loaf! Freya is an amazing chef and if you are interested in purchasing extra desserts and breads you can purchase them directly from her! The ones below will be available for next Thursday, to be picked up when you pick […]
OUR Educational CSA – Week #7
A Note From OUR Team: Dare we say it… we think it’s finally summertime! What an interesting interplay we are having between the sun and the rain this year. The garden of course needs both to thrive, and while the abundance of water means we can dial down our irrigation and water consumption, there is […]
Healing Herbs: Lavender – CSA Week #7
This week’s healing herb is Lavender (Lavandula), one of my favourite and most often used herbs. Some words that come to mind when I experience lavender are divine, luxurious, mysterious, calming, and sensual. Lavender’s Latin name stems from lavare which means “to wash”, which describes one of it’s earliest uses. Lavender’s fragrance is reason enough […]
Healing Herbs: Marjoram – CSA Week #6
Marjoram (Origanum majorana) means “joy of the mountains” in Greek, and in European countries has traditionally symbolized youth, beauty and happiness. In Greece, wild marjoram covers the slopes and gives off a sweet, peppery fragrance which was supposedly gifted to the plant by the goddess Aphrodite as a symbol of luck! A few drops of […]
Kitchen Exploration: Raspberry Vinaigrette – CSA Week #6
With all the salad greens you’ve been getting lately, you might be wondering what you can do to jazz up your weekly lettuce, arugula, and other fresh greens that come in your box. You may or may not have googled ‘lettuce recipes’ only to be met by the stark reality that salad is salad, and […]
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OUR ECOVILLAGE is situated on unceded Indigenous lands. The Coast Salish Peoples are the guardians of these lands and waters where we live, work, pray, and play. Quw’utsun (Cowichan) is a historical place of gathering and Na’tsa’ maht Shqwaluwun/”one-heart one-mind” for many Indigenous peoples.
OUR ECOVILLAGE is committed to regenerate land and all ecosystems while acknowledging and respecting Indigenous knowledge that ensures thriving for all beings; we call this Permaculture.
OUR ECOVILLAGE is dedicated to continuously educating ourselves and our communities about the history and peoples of OUR bio-region, to assist in decolonization and re-villaging as a path towards peacemaking, from local to global.