Ah, bracken. Much prettier in winter when it’s brown, don’t you think?
I had no idea that bracken is edible, but Wikipedia’s bracken article notes that:
Bracken fiddleheads (the immature, tightly curled emerging fronds) have been considered edible by many cultures throughout history, and are still commonly used today as a foodstuff. Bracken fiddleheads are either consumed [...]
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The Whalebone area heronry isn’t there anymore, and I think two other heron colonies on Gabriola have failed as well. What’s happening to our heron? The Victoria Times Colonist reports that eagles are threatening heron populations.
Trudy Chatwin, a provincial biologist who specializes in rare and endangered species on (Vancouver) Island, says that only 502 active [...]
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Every week or so during the non-monsoon seasons, GALTT (Gabriola Land and Trails Trust) volunteers are out building trails, maintaining trails, or fighting Gabriola’s invasive broom by ripping out the broom plants. Have you seen the area they’ve cleared at Drumbeg Park? It looks to be about half of the large field across from Breakwater [...]
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The Canadian Folk Music Awards website has posted the list of 2008 award winners. Great news: the Kerplunks won the Children’s Album of the Year award.
Congratulations, Kerplunks!
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A woman in Nanaimo wants a bylaw that would prohibit people from feeding deer. The Nanaimo Daily News reports: Kindness may be killing urban deer
A big problem with feeding wildlife is they become overly dependent on humans, said conservation officer Ron Heusen.
"Being habituated, they cross the same stretch of roads and end up getting hit,” [...]
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A while ago GALTT (Gabriola Land and Trails Trust) announced that they were sponsoring a Beginners Edible Wild Mushroom Workshop on Gabriola. “Sounds perfect,” I thought, “sign me up!”
I was about to register when I spotted this section of the registration form on the instructor’s website:
I understand that the mushroom workshop I attend may [...]
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Those Kerplunks of ours are certainly becoming well-known! From Canada.com: Kerplunks making big noise.
The Kerplunks know full well the benefit of living in a close-knit Gulf Island community.
Tina Jones and Dinah D, who lead the Gabriola Island group, barely had in their clutches their first major award — a Western Canadian Music Award for outstanding [...]
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Did you see this? From The Tyee: BC Ferries put heavy load on new ship in attempt to fix propeller problem.
One day last week, 18 fully loaded gravel trucks rolled onto the vehicle deck of B.C.’s newest ferry, the Coastal Celebration, the last of the three Super C-class vessels to arrive from Germany.
In an unusual [...]
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I was stunned a while ago to find that a friend didn’t know about MacLeans in Nanaimo. As far as I’m concerned, most of Nanaimo could cease to exist, just as long as I could still have MacLeans.
It’s a specialty food store on Fitzwilliam, and it’s SO good. They’ve got dozens and dozens of cheeses [...]
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Islands Trust Representatives
elected:
MALCOLMSON, Sheila: 932
FERENS, Deborah: 870
Not elected:
MOELLER, Eric: 172
LOWDEN, Ian: 142
BOEHM, David: 129
RALPH, John: 82
Source: Islands Trust.
Regional District of Nanaimo Directors
Elected:
Maureen Young
Holme George
Joseph Stanhope
David Bartram
Gisele Rudischer: 674
Joe Burnett: 490
Lucien Biggemann: 465
Not elected:
Ceridwen Peacey: 450
Frank Garnish: 415
Bev Eert: 370
Jeff Warr: 230
John Hague: 196
Jim Phillipoff: 115
Source: Civic Info BC, via this CBC page.
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What you’ve wondered into, my dears, is a blog about Gabriola Island. Here’s a bit about it.
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