by Jordan Caldwell, Training by Tara Brunet – The Saanich Peninsula has many areas with lavender bushes and even lavender farms, including Kersey Lavender Farm in Brentwood Bay. Lavender bushes can also be purchased from many garden shops and planted in your home garden for your enjoyment. Not only does lavender have a soothing scent […]
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by Tara Brunet, Training by Tara Brunet – As a nutritionist and trainer, I’m well versed on the current dieting trends. I hear about them from clients while they are “succeeding” and then don’t hear about them again after they fall off the bandwagon. Personally, my entire model around food and wellness is all about
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by Tyson Elder, Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank – For some, the idea of a “food budget” seems like a daunting task, but it can be the secret to success when saving for a vacation, a major household purchase or even alleviating debt. Here are a few tips to help you tackle your monthly food
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by Tina Kelly, Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea – As a curious kid I peered into my dad’s tackle box to find a school of small, shimmery fish. Not real fish of course, but lures for his early morning fishing trips. Big fish eating little fish is a simple concept to grasp, but the
Salish Sea News – One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Forage Fish Read More »
by Janice Henshaw – Have you ever seen a kitchen that is so beautiful in design and function that it almost takes your breath away? And when you return home, you look at your kitchen and think, hmmm, where do I start? Is it OK just to change the floor in the kitchen area? Can
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by Colin Eaton, Garden City Tree & Landscape – Most clients I meet for the first time know they want a substantial change to their landscape. They haven’t put much thought into what that change involves, so they seek ideas from a professional. At this stage, I like to involve our in-house professional design team.
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by Kristy Palmer, Homefront Ideas – I am finding that more people moving to the Saanich Peninsula and Greater Victoria are downsizing from their existing homes to either a condo or smaller home. When downsizing, you may be used to having a much larger kitchen and pantry and liked utilizing that space as much as
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by Linda Hunter – It’s all about perspective: what looks large to me might appear quite small to you. We all interpret things through our own personal and subjective lens, one that’s informed by our culture, our past experiences and the messages we choose to believe. And while perspective can be manipulated, the numbers don’t
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I confess: I jumped on the “Keto” bandwagon recently, and then promptly fell off it again after a couple of months. I say “confess” as after reading Tara Brunet’s article on current diet trends (page 57), looking at “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” I have to admit I feel a bit as if
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I’ve been thinking a lot about Lara Gladych’s column “Word on the Street” for this Travel Issue. In it, she asks locals “what’s your favorite vacation, ever?” For me, that’s a tough one to answer. As a child growing up in the Maritimes, we didn’t have a lot of money to spare, so we didn’t
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