Hornby Island Blog

Farming is Deep-down Satisfying

By Reina Le Baron I discovered that neither “farmer” nor “writer” are listed as common occupations on AuthenticHappiness.org. People are [...]

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Kelp Restoration

By Rachelle Chinnery Not long ago the Salish Sea was teeming with bull kelp. This and other species of kelp [...]

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2012 Hornby Island Polar Bear Swim

By Rachelle Chinnery What better way to start the New Year than to strip down to your skivvies, bathers or [...]

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Occupy Vancouver, A View From Hornby

By Kevin McMahon I travelled to Vancouver to support the ‘Occupy Vancouver’ action at the Art Gallery on October 15th. [...]

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The Way of Willow

By Rachelle Chinnery It’s interesting how just one person can affect the whole culture of a place the size of [...]

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Going Postal on Hornby

By Will Thomas On a rainy Monday morning in the midst of the high summer scramble, a hundred Hornby residents [...]

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Hugelkultur

By Kevin McMahon This spring I created our garden’s first hugelkultur bed with an eye towards a future of low [...]

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Blueberry and Basil Baselito

By Rachelle Chinnery We are enjoying the fruits of hard working farmers and gardeners this August. On Hornby we now [...]

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