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Tuscan White Bean & Kale Soup

Tuscan White Bean & Kale Soup

1 tbsp olive oil1/2 large yellow onion, diced (1 1/2 cups)2 medium carrots, peeled and diced (3/4 cup)2 large stalks...

Red Columbine

Red Columbine

Red / Western Columbine (Aquilegia formosa) is loved by hummingbirds. It is a herbaceous perennial, so it dies back each...

Rosy Pussytoes

Rosy Pussytoes

Rosy Pussytoes (Antennaria microphylla (rosea)) is a perennial plant that belongs to the Asteraceae family. It is a mat forming,...

The Similkameen Valley

The Similkameen Valley

B.C. is divided up into different region, and these regions can differ depending on what source you use. I am...

Common Flowers Around Apex Mountain

Common Flowers Around Apex Mountain

Apex Mountain is between Hedley and Penticton, BC. There are two ways to get there. One going through Penticton, up...

Common Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

The Common Yellowthroat is part of the new world warbler family, Parulidae. They are common throughout most of North America,...

Yarrow

Yarrow

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) likes full sun, but will grow in part-sun, and will grow in moist to dry, well-drained soil....

Herbs for Us and the Bees

Herbs for Us and the Bees

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”, Hippocrates (400 BC). So what does this mean. Our modern...

Gardening for Hummingbirds

Gardening for Hummingbirds

For me, I get more joy out of watching the birds and various insects using the plants in my garden,...

Bunchberry

Bunchberry

3.5″ pot – $6.00 each (taxes included). Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), also called Dwarf Dogwood is part of the Cornaceae family....