Tomatos…

At last, some produce from the garden….

The “Tiger Tommies” are especially good!
It took some chicken manure from the new neighbour to kick the damn things into gear, and since surrounding the bases of the plants, they’ve gone into overdrive. Even the pepper plant is entering “warp speed”! The soil clearly needs a bit more than [...]

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Organic Food IS Better….

So, “organic food is no better!”, I heard you all cry! “You’re mad! You’re being conned!”….
Yeah, right….
Half of all the fruit & veg you buy is contaminated.
http://tinyurl.com/nmuwmk
ALMOST HALF of the fresh fruit and veg sold across the UK is contaminated with toxic pesticides, according to the latest scientific surveys for the government.
Nearly every orange, 94% [...]

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Here We Go Again….

Just when I thought I’d be blogging about something new, the Terrace Mountain fire has flared up again….

As we sat on the beach in Peachland, I saw an odd cloud appear over the mountain, a familiar looking thing, out of place, as the sky as far as could be seen up and down the Okanagan [...]

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West Kelowna Fires, Day 4….

The view from the window is back to normal, almost…
It’s still hazy, hanging all down through the valley, but I can’t see any plumes right now, over at Goats Peak Mountain. That’s not to say "it’s OK to take your eye off the ball" though, eh…
I also took the missus to work and Rose Valley [...]

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A fireman, says….

Just had an email and comment, from a fireman….
I thought my readers would like to see what he says;
im battling up in rose valley and fintry as of this whole going on with the wildfires umm 40 % contained in glenrosa tryna tackle rose valley but steep terrain is keeping us at bay as we [...]

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West Kelowna Glenrosa & Rose Valley Fire, Day 3…

We’re heading into the 3rd afternoon….
I may have to eat my words. There was a calm over West Kelowna earlier this morning, as I said, things ticking over as normal, well, as normal as can be expected. People were heading off to work, if they’d been evacuated, in the clothes they were evacuated in and [...]

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The Calm After the Storm…

Things seem to be calming down, from what I can see, but I realise the fight goes on….
Fires are still burning but the Glenrosa fire seems to be almost half contained now, again, pockets of smoke are still rising from various parts. I can’t see Rose Valley from where I live, so until I go [...]

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West Kelowna and Rose Valley Forest Fire, Updates…

I just took a quick drive around as far as I could….
Roads are still blocked so I couldn’t get too close, plenty of smoke, not many flames to be seen, but this is what I got;
Rose Valley….

West Kelowna…

Time now is 9pm. I’m off to get a hour or so sleep. I want to be awake [...]

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Early Evening Update…

Here’s what I’m seeing right now….

Not a huge difference to this afternoons shot, but it is clearing slightly, although through the afternoon it has been see sawing backwards and forwards. If you look carefully, of click on the photo to get over to Flickr and see a larger version, smoke is starting to billow up [...]

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This Afternoon’s Update….

Currently, 1.30pm, this is what I am seeing, over West Kelowna….

Haven’t been able to see much, so the pictures aren’t changing a whole lot at the moment, which is no bad thing… Rose Valley sounds like it is getting bigger, half of West Kelowna has been evacuated and smoke is in the air, we’ve been [...]

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