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Don and Louisa McClellan once saw themselves as the unlikeliest of farmers.
Globe hopping with the Canadian Armed Forces, they lived in corners of the Earth most North Americans rarely see. But, it was that time away, and the start of a family, that brought a military pilot and his self-professed “B.C. hippie” bride back to [...]
Mother Nature has not been kind in the U-Pick universe this year.
The whole June-uary weather event means that berry ripening and picking is well behind schedule. But, the good news is that berry farms are starting to open and local fruity yumminess will be available for early risers for the next few months in one [...]
Motherhood, it changes you.
While there’s a whole list that involves sagging and wrinkled, exhausted and emotional that can be wrapped in there, for many women becoming a Mom takes life to a whole other level.
It brings out our genuine loves, forces them into places creatively and personally that reveal talents and ingenuity unrealized until that [...]
Ash Berry Farm, on Royston Road in Royston – U-pick strawberries, raspberries and gooseberries.
Blue Haven Farm, at the corner of Anderton Road and Idiens Way in Comox – U-Pick blueberries.
Seifert’s Farm Market on Knight Road in Comox has a farm market open daily and packed full of locally grown (some from BC like Okanagan fruit) [...]
Since I first discovered the earthy goodness of hitting the berry patch for a day of digging in the dirt and coming home with buckets full of freshness, U-Pick food of any kind has ranked right up there.
The simple notion of literally knowing where your food comes from – since most of us aren’t lucky [...]