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Warm soil planting

Wow, spring sure arrived early this year! You may already be eating radishes and greens, and your carrots, beets, and friends should be coming along nicely. Didn’t get to it…

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Priceless lessons for the outdoors (Part three)

Early outdoors enthusiasts ate fruits and nuts, pastry, dried meats, and cheese. For energy, I make and eat mint cake. The sugary treat was used on Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition. Edmund…

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Pop! … and happiness reigns

Casa Vinicola Aldo Rainoldi Zapel The outdoor thermometer reads 9° C and I lift the Italian from the ice bucket which reflects that rays of the spring sun: “Sunny” by…

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Golf can be comforting

Because social distancing is naturally present and safe when you’re playing golf, we can expect that the golf scene will reopen as soon as government measures are relaxed. It’s good…

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Every breath you take

Those of you who train with me may tire of my repetition of the word “breathe”. However, nothing is more essential to our well-being than breathing. We do it on…

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A different way to detox

You have surely heard of several forms of dietary detox. Today we would like to introduce you to another way to detox. Simplify your life! When you think about it,…

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Early spring veggies

Remember last spring’s mad rush to start vegetable gardens? We could not believe how much garden mix soil we sold! People seemed to want to embrace self-sufficiency, and many also…

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Priceless lessons for the outdoors (Part two)

In part one, we learned that a compass, hot water and a hiking stick are great outdoor companions. It is easy to rely on cellphones or be complacent because we…

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The team spirit of the Canada goose

In 1995, at the Jakarta conference, the countries that were signatory to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity chose Montreal to be the headquarters for the secretariat of this…

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Outside our back door

I’m an absolute slug when it comes to climbing uphill. Biking, running, snowshoeing. Pick a sport. I shine on the descent, not the ascent. And that is why I did…

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