Category: #YEG local

Got Milkweed? How to Harvest Milkweed Seeds

By now, you’ve probably heard that milkweed planting is a thing – since the David Suzuki Foundation’s Got Milkweed campaign has been encouraging people to plant it and help improve the monarch butterfly population. Well, did you know that fall is the best time to plant milkweed seeds. Milkweed seeds sowed just before the ground freezes in late fall —...

Farrow & Ball REVIEW via Carbon Environmental Boutique

This summer got a bit stressful for our family when we discovered that a sump pump failure had to led to seepage into our basement – and we started seeing little spots of mold in between the laminate boards. This meant we had to gut everything out of our developed basement, get rid of the mold and start from scratch....

SPUD Edmonton: Easy School Lunches

My daughter started Grade 1, which means that I have a looooong road ahead of me for packing school lunches. With a picky eater, and my desire to attempt to give her organic and healthy food options, easy school lunches can be tricky. Thankfully there are some great options available from SPUD Edmonton! They have local and organic produce, but they...

Sunworks Organic Farm: Family Farm Day

I’ve mentioned Sunworks Organic Farm in the past in my post about where to get good quality meat in and around Edmonton. To me, they have been the gold standard of organic, humanely obtained meat. Ron and Sheila Hamilton have been inviting customers to an annual family farm day around Labour Day weekend for many years now, and this year...

SPUD Edmonton REVIEW: Roast Beef Dinner Kit

I’ve been a longtime user of The Organic Box in Edmonton, when it was the first produce delivery service of its kind. It’s exciting to see the growth in the industry of good quality food delivery, and see some other companies joining the market. One company is SPUD, which has local delivery services in a few different Canadian cities, including...

Edmonton Reuse Centre: Crafty Waste Diversion #YEG

The Reuse Centre is a City of Edmonton service that accepts various items from residents free of charge, and makes them available to organizations and individuals for reuse. The Reuse Centre promotes the idea and benefits of reuse, and aims to provide affordable items to organizations and individuals, and to divert waste from landfill. Awesome, right? Here’s a little history on...

Help Create a Healthy YEG #BlueDot

I was so proud when Edmonton was named the National Earth Hour Capital in 2014. We have some pretty amazing initiatives in our city in waste management and environmental stewardship. Healthy YEG is something very close to my heart, as I would love to see my hometown keep raising the bar for the environment! Healthy YEG is a collaboration between...

DECIEM Skincare at Body Tech Therapeutic Massage #YEG

I’ve been a huge believer in the power of massage therapy for about a decade now, and I’m still going to Body Tech Therapeutic Massage in Edmonton – where I started. A huge part of that are the amazing skills of owner Janna Purdy. I also love that she is a kindred spirit who is passionate about products that nourish health and...

5 Resources for Fun Activities in Edmonton #FiveonFriday #YEG

It’s getting very close to being officially summer, which means there are lots of fun things happening! Christine at Just Another Edmonton Mommy is a great mommy blogger friend of mine, and she is in the know about what goes on in Edmonton. So courtesy of her blog, here are 5 resources for fun activities in Edmonton. 1 – 72 CHEAP...

5 Easy to Grow Perennials for Edmonton

Now that things in my garden are getting established, I thought it would be nice to share some of the perennials that are doing really well in our Edmonton climate (Zone 3a). I’m beginning to really love perennials because they come back every year and announce it’s time for spring! We did landscaping from scratch about 9 years ago, not...