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Summer flowers are blooming again in Kamloops and the Okanagan
If this seems to be an unusually warm winter so far, local green thumbs agree.…
Okanagan growers and gardeners nervous about coming cold snap
This is not the way it’s supposed to be. The region had its driest year…
This is the year to try wild Saskatoon berries in the Okanagan
If you’ve been wondering why so many people are parked on the side of the…
Illegal and improper dumping blamed for spread of invasive plants in the Shuswap
SALMON ARM – If you thought it was a good idea to dump the contents…
Early spring both good and bad for local farmers
OKANAGAN – The early heat felt across the Okanagan this year has local farmers springing into action. Producers of vegetables, fruit, hay and alfalfa crops say the warm weather came at least two weeks early this year, meaning they can plant earlier, expect higher yields and very likely harvest earlier as well. At the Kelowna...
What you should know about this delicious, and potentially poisonous, local delicacy
VERNON - You might have seen the bright, vibrantly green curlicues in classified ads or at the local grocery store recently and wondered what they are and where they come from. They’re called fiddleheads, and they’re found around the world, including the Thompson-Okanagan, for a few short weeks every spring. Those who have tried the...