The CGC Blog

Here at CGC we like to talk about what is going on. A quick look at the blog posts will show you that we have not shortage of things on the go. Feel free to leave comments and talk to us.

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A donation of Cans

Cowichan Green Community is putting on preserving workshops. We are showing people how to preserve food for the long winter ahead. We needed some materials, specifically glass jars. We put a call out for jars on our newsletter. What a great response.

Within a couple of days we have a number of phone calls offering hundreds of jars, lids and seals. What an amazing response. We just wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped out and donated jars.

Sidewalks and Alley: Think about this

Since the pavement has been so dry lately, we (and when I say we, I really mean Amanda) have been dressing it up with art that makes people literally stop and look around. That’s not all, if you go into the alleyway a few feet from our front door, you will find we have a great little garden. Thanks to a few fantastic volunteers who gracefully made a garden out of a pathway, walking through this alleyway is now an enjoyable experience.

Wild Walk with Jay Rostagi

This week our “Wild Food Walkers” went out with Jay Rostagi to learn about wild tea plants on our 4th Wild Food Walk.  Exploring the Cowichan River Foot path we learnt about tea plants such as Hemlock and Douglas fir, and Jay let us sample a multitude of wild berries.

Wild Food Walk Number 3

The Cowichan Green Community Wild Walk participants had a fabulous sunny stroll with Chef and author Bill Jones this past Wednesday, July 21st. Bill had lots to share, even if it was not the season for Bill's passion - mushroom foraging. On this most recent Wild Walk, participants learned about a range of wild edibles from Ox eye daisy (has a sweet apple flavor) to Salall berries, which Bill cooks in local maple syrup.

Picking fruit in the Sunshine

Yesterday was a great day. The sun was shining, and the air was sweet with fruit. I was picking fruit for the Cowichan Green Community's program FruitSave. In the office we got a phone call about a tree that was bursting with plums. We headed out there out there to pick the plums, bright yellowish-orangy plums. It was fun, and in the end we picked about 100 pounds of plums. We sent about 50 pounds of plums to warmland house.

Status update for the CGC

 

Welcome to the CGC website. A lot has happened in the last few months and we have all been super busy here (hence the lag in the update of the blog).