Author: Tamara Schmidt
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A Reader’s Cat (or Honourary Cat)… Jewel!
From the USA is Jewel: Psycho-Kitty Qu’est-ce que C’est? Thank you to our Facebook Fan Peter for this photo! Jewel. (Psycho-Kitty qu’ est-ce que c’est?) USA If you would like to see your pet immortalized on this site, become a fan on Facebook, and upload your cat (or honourary cat)’s pic with his name and…
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Oh, How Easy It Is! Non-Toxic Cleaning Products
Did you know that you could actually clean most anything using insanely common items such as baking soda, soap and vinegar? Way back in the day, yes, all the way back in 2005, I went to a “make your own cleaning products” workshop at La Co-op La Maison Verte .?á At this very workshop my…
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Making Some Options Viable: Healthy Poutine!
?á by Natasha Henderson, Montreal ?á When I moved across the country from British Columbia’s Vancouver Island to Montreal, Quebec a little over three years ago, I knew that I would experience many changes. Not the least of these changes, I felt, would be to my diet. I had in mind that I would indulge…
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Great Green Olive and Artichoke Dip
Last night I found a recipe on Bon App?®tit and modified it according to what I found at the local grocery store. ?áThis recipe is easy to prepare and the end result is a sharp deliciousness that I appreciate. ?áClick on the links to garlic and artichokes if you want to learn a little more…
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What She Felt
Memoir by Natasha Henderson Felt is non-woven, non-knit fabric that is made of bits of wool or other fur. Felt-making has been around for a very long time… we’re talking about five thousand years. The contemporary method for making felt is similar in science to the ancient method: a combination of pressure, heat, water, and…
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Ten Reasons to love Community-supported Agriculture!
Yesterday we picked up our vegetables from our very?áown?áfarm.?áWhat do I mean when I say “our own farm”? Our farm?áis located?ájust outside the?áCity.?áThe farmers from this farm come into town once every couple of weeks in the winter, and once a week in the summer?áto deliver?áquantities?áof foods?áproduced on the farm. Ok, so it’s not really…
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Community Gardening With Tainted Plot: Becoming one of the Flower-People
by Natasha Henderson, Montreal Community Garden. Plot. Allotment. A piece of earth, a bit of land. One can tend plants, care for the soil and those plants, and?áharvest the spoils as they happen. For several years IÔÇÖve known people who have had these little bits of land to grow vegetables, fruits and herbs. Beets, peppers,…