The June Edit

Sea buckthorn, birthday celebrations, jelly shoes, and Past Lives.

It’s officially summer and Nootka rose petals are painting the town pink! I’ve been harvesting little handfuls on my walks around Elk Lake and adding them to salads and herbal iced teas (I linked my new favourite summer tea below). A friend recently told me to leave half the petals on the flower so the pollinators can still do their thing - brilliant!

We basically live off homemade pizzas and salads for the summer - it’s a hard life. A slightly fermented dough cooked on the BBQ with fresh local tomatoes, you simply can’t beat it. The Moss Street Market is in full swing, we get in line on Saturday mornings and bring home an abundance of local produce for the week. Those Northstar Farm organic yellow slicer tomatoes bring in the crowds - no joke, they are the talk of the town. Have you tried them?

Birthday season is happening within our circle. We caught and enjoyed fresh crab a few weeks back for my best friend’s birthday. Such a treat to be out on their boat. The following weekend was s…