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Continue reading →: Episode 2: What the Birds Are Telling YouThis week on the Last Ditch podcast, we are exploring the birds that visit your garden and what they can tell you about your local ecosystem. Whether you’re trying to attract more birds or simply give a wing up to those who already call your garden home, we talk through…
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Continue reading →: Announcing the Last Ditch PodcastI’m very happy to announce the launch of the Last Ditch podcast! Listen to the first episode here and subscribe with your favourite podcast platform. Stay tuned for more episodes, guests, and learning! The Last Ditch Podcast will be published bi-weekly.
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Continue reading →: Where Should You Put Goats on Your Property?A friend of mine recently reached out to me for some advice on where goats would work best on her Texas property, so I thought I would share here what I shared with her. If you’re thinking about adding goats to your homestead or permaculture system, location matters more than…
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Continue reading →: The Fossil-Fuelled War EconomyThe Guardian’s Damien Gayle has done some excellent reporting on the environmental impacts of the US-Israel war on Iran. In this recent article, the world’s biggest network of climate organisations has condemned the US-Israeli attack on Iran as “an illegal act of aggression” that “meets the criteria for ecocide”. This…
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Continue reading →: Old Growth Forest Is More Important than EverOld‑growth forests in British Columbia—described by former government‑appointed panel members as “rare and irreplaceable”—are at increasing risk due to ongoing logging despite earlier mapping and deferral recommendations. This concern, highlighted in the recent reporting, underscores how old‑growth loss intersects with two critical societal challenges: food security and climate change. From…
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Continue reading →: 2026 Growing Season PreviewWith planting weather just around the corner here in the Pacific Northwest, I thought I would take you on a little overview of what I’m planning to grow this season. My overall approach is to continue to simplify by limiting experiments and sticking with varieties I know do well where…
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Continue reading →: 2025 Year In ReviewAnother growing season is behind us so I thought I would carry on my tradition of sitting down to reflect about the past year. One lesson I’ve been trying to integrate into my gardening practices is to keep better notes and take some good time to look back at the…
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Continue reading →: Small Acts of ResistanceI know for many of us, the world has become a completely overwhelming maelstrom of crisis on top of crisis. I want to be informed and clear eyed about how the world around me is changing and who is changing. But I also know that I’m not alone in feeling…
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Continue reading →: Partially Perished Pepper CropI had previously written that disaster struck my Paprik pepper seedlings earlier in the year and I come to you now to say that 2 of the 3 peppers that actually grew had rot on them. It’s a little tough to swallow having such a meagre harvest from my favourite…
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Continue reading →: Dog Days of SummerIt has been hard to think straight or find joy. So here is a bee I saw the other day in the garden quietly going about its business pollinating a tomato. May it serve as a kind reminder that even small, unseen work is vital to our survival.
Challenges of Change on a Small Farm (with Ryan Caron) – Last Ditch
Ryan Caron joins me once more to talk about innovation and change happening in farming communities. We talk through how it's often not lack of desire to innovate but rather the lack of infrastructure and systems to support it. Ryan also makes the case for embracing native plants as food sources, learning about the ways your family has engaged with food and experimenting where we can.Homework this month: What was a former crop or industry in your area? When did it start? Does it still exist? If it doesn't, what happened? What were some Indigenous food traditions in your area?The Tyee article mentioned in the introlastditch.ca
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