Posted in Field Trip on Sep 30th, 2010
(Photo by Reena Newman.) Just outside the city an untouched orchard lay waiting to be plucked. Through a new program launched this July by the Ontario Association of Food Banks, called Community Harvest Ontario, volunteers from a food bank and myself helped fill a truckload of apples. Lieberman’s Chalet and Apple Farm in Eugenia, Ontario [...]
Posted in Events, In Backyards on Sep 22nd, 2009
Greenest City, our partner in Parkdale – High Park, is hosting its annual autumn celebration festival! The Parkdale Food, Earth and Culture Festival will be happening Sunday September 27 from 12 noon – 4pm at Masaryk Park. You don’t want to miss out on this! There will be amazing music and performance, including Baro Dununba [...]
Posted in Spadina Saturdays (and Sundays) on Aug 3rd, 2008
Ayup. Spadina Saturdays are wonderfully unpredictable. I’d thought we were in for a quiet day but the Rexdale Women’s Centre visit to the museum livened things up considerably. Learned that ‘setur’ is another name for mulberries. I’ve got my fingers crossed for a repeat visit from Prasanna and her posse. A mulberry sampler pack was, [...]
Posted in Spadina Saturdays (and Sundays) on Jul 29th, 2008
You never know who’s going to steal the show on a Spadina Saturday. Or for that matter, you never know who’s going to show. It’s been a bit like a potluck, a really good one. For the record, the first thing our youngest crew member did after signing her waiver was head straight for the [...]
Posted in Spadina Saturdays (and Sundays) on Jul 24th, 2008
But let’s hope we all get there for Saturdays at 11:00. Because there are likely to be more Red Astrachan [as-truh-kuhn, -kan] apples for the picking. And possibly a few Transparents. Gooseberries and blackcurrants too.
Posted in Spadina Saturdays (and Sundays) on Jul 20th, 2008
We picked our first of the season in the Spadina orchard on Saturday. Red Astrachan apples. Tart, tiny and great for pies. Perishable. Sometimes called Abe Lincoln, Red Ashmore, or American Red. Once common on local farms, now a seasonal rarity. Not your average Red Delicious. There were a few new faces at our market [...]
