Posted in At the Market, Field Trip, In Backyards, In the Kitchen on Mar 1st, 2010
Carole Ferrari, owner of The Bus, has been kind enough to pass along her recipe for the Apple Squares she made at the year end party.
I used the recipe this weekend. My apologizes, my squares don’t look as professional as Carole’s but regardless the recipe is delicious!
This truly is a tasty [...]
Posted in At the Market, Field Trip, In Backyards, In the Kitchen on Feb 14th, 2010
Not Far From The Tree’s year-end party was the first time I had seen or heard of ‘The Local Café’. When I arrived at the party I mused on the sight of a small school bus parked outside figuring it belonged to a local resident. It wasn’t until I was outside [...]
Posted in Field Trip, In Backyards, Resources on Feb 4th, 2010
Last Monday I arrived early for a tour of The Stop’s Green Barn. My tour guide, greenhouse coordinator Lord Abbey, hadn’t come in yet. Another employee greeted me, inviting me to make myself comfortable and wander around. It wasn’t hard to do; The Stop’s space is very inviting. I poked around checking [...]
Posted in Field Trip on Jan 13th, 2010
Just before the holidays I had the opportunity to visit Wychwood Open Door, one of Not Far From The Tree’s partner organizations in Ward 21. Wychwood Open Door’s mission “is to reduce social isolation, boost nutrition and help develop life skills among homeless and socially isolated people.” One key component of [...]
Posted in Field Trip on Nov 9th, 2009
During a recent trip to New Hampshire, I stopped in to a small ICM orchard for the season’s final harvest. After all, I had been away from Toronto for a week and was getting anxious without having picked any fruit! On this gorgeous fall day, what struck me most was the [...]
