Medicine in your kitchen

Medicine in your kitchen

All kitchen herbs have medicinal value. Many of them were incorporated into food not only for their flavour, but for their ability to assist digestion. For example, Sage helps us to digest fats, making it ideal to eat with meats (as with traditional turkey stuffing)....
Wild salad greens

Wild salad greens

As I shook off the last winter rust and walked towards Spring Ridge Commons, I was nervous that there would be little to write about this month; I wondered if there would be anything to harvest on this frosty January day. I could not have been more wrong! The trees...
February Fox Fair 2014, Feb 7 & 8

February Fox Fair 2014, Feb 7 & 8

A fabulous designer craft fair featuring local, handmade clothing, jewelry, pottery, kids items, snacks and more! An early spring market to tide you over until the summer ones start up and to help you shop for your sweet Valentine (and yourself, your kids, your...
It’s all about priorities

It’s all about priorities

Fernwood NRG has had held two ­community meetings so far to ­discuss ­developing the properties we have acquired in the heart of Fernwood ­Village (see “More housing for Fernwood,” in the October 2013 Village Vibe). At both ­meetings there was an overwhelming amount...