A Lost Watch And The Last Of The Blueberries
Here are a couple of recipes for the last of the blueberries, with thanks to the blueberry buddies: J, N, M and, especially, G.
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Here are a couple of recipes for the last of the blueberries, with thanks to the blueberry buddies: J, N, M and, especially, G.
A Lost Watch And The Last Of The Blueberries Read More »
Berry-picking season is an amazing time of year. Sweet wild strawberries, Soapberries and Saskatoons are all summer-time treats.
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Jennifer’s (Free Pour Jenny) cocktail and an appetizer. The cocktail’s bright, sharp and tart. Something cheesy immediately suggested itself.
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The haskaps are ready and that is one of the best things about summer in the Yukon. We pick and pick and it feels good. The haskaps are big, juicy, and beautiful. I can’t get over how perfect these berries are. Our buckets are full, our knees ache from kneeling and we’re happy to be surrounded by haskaps under the midnight sun.
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Raspberries, blueberries, crowberries and cranberries: being on Yukon time means planning your weekends around where to pick once the – dare I say it? –
Cranberries are just one of many berries that you can add to regular recipes for some extra health benefits. But since we are in the
September is harvest time. Berries are juicy and ripe for picking; root crops need to be dug and stored. The shortening days are a clear
“You just take a cup full of piss,” he says, “And then you throw it up high – like, splash it around on your roof,
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For me, the summer of 2016 has been the best berry year ever. My berry season starts with wild strawberries and they were bigger than
I recently discovered a great trick for keeping strawberries fresher for longer: wash them in a one part vinegar to 10-parts water solution, then leave
I bought a nectarine in Juneau a couple of weeks ago. It looked large and rosy and promising. The flesh was firm and yet it
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Kinnikinnick’s Latin name, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, comes from arctos and ursi meaning bear and staphylos and uva meaning bunch of grapes. Amazing: the taste of those
In the past two years the herd of Porcupine Caribou in Old Crow herd has gradually changed its natural migration route.
Berry Picking in Old Crow Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Michele Newell Read More »
It’s August 31 and the snow is halfway down Gray Mountain. In downtown Whitehorse the leaves are still on the trees and many of them
Crabapples and Calvados Read More »
It always seems that for other people things happen quite easily. They have an idea and voila — there it is. I don’t know; maybe
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It’s only recently that most people have forgotten how to forage for food. For thousands of years, First Nations communities across Canada lived on food
The Wild Abundance of Food Read More »
Well, we are nearing the end of summer and, while no one wants summer to end, there are benefits at this time of year …
A ‘Berry’ Wonderful Time of Year Read More »