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 [...]
Not Far From The Tree now has t-shirts for sale! They come in kids, babies, and adult (women’s and men’s) sizes. Aren’t they so adorable? Can you believe you can be so fashionable while supporting a great initiative? Don’t you want one for yourself and for all of your loved ones?
They [...]
Last week, the staff at Not Far From the Tree had the honour of being invited into the home of Joel and Dana, those crafty foodie folks behind the amazing blog Well Preserved. What started last December as a plan to blog once a day for 100 days has continued into [...]
Posted in Resources on Sep 21st, 2009
The Daily Mail recently reported about an oddly-shaped peck of pears coming soon to British markets – pears that are perfectly moulded to resemble the image of Buddha!
Unfortunately, they’re not growing in Toronto – at least not yet.
By far the most striking part of this story is that the pears are [...]
Posted in In Backyards, Resources on Aug 28th, 2009
Recent news reports have all been saying the same thing: Toronto is being invaded by wasps!
A mild winter and wet summer are being blamed in part, but the garbage strike has also provided an abundance of food for these creatures.
From Not Far From The Tree’s firsthand perspective, it is easily apparent [...]
Posted in Millie Says, Resources on Jul 11th, 2009
Not Far From The Tree is delighted to welcome a new column for our blog – our first real column! “Millie Says” is written by Millie Lytle BA, ND, C. Ht., a licensed naturopathic doctor and psychotherapist and research practitioner.
Until March 2009 she worked at the START Clinic for mood and [...]
Posted in Resources on Jun 15th, 2009
A girl roams the produce section of a supermarket with her older sister, searching for a tasty snack. After careful deliberation, she chooses a fresh pear. Her sister weighs it to see the cost value per pear. Even though the pears are on sale, the older sister puts the pear back [...]
Posted in Foraged, In Backyards, Resources on Apr 12th, 2009
The city is full of maple trees but most of them are Norway maples, so until this spring I was sure they couldn’t be used to make maple syrup.
Then one day, I happened upon an urban experiment in my very own neighbourhood. Somebody had tapped a Norway maple in their front [...]
I get a kick out of this photoshop masterpiece. I gleaned it from here.
Posted in Resources on May 25th, 2008
On Saturday, May 10th, I travelled to the Niagara Fruit Education Centre for a fruit blossom hike. I had hoped to hone my fruit blossom identification skills, so that I could walk through the city and know a fruit tree just by its blossoms. Led by the Bruce Trail Conservancy, this [...]
