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Canner keeps pantry shelves stocked year-round Destiny Sparks provides for family, gifts and barters with her bounty DESIRAY FENRICK Peak contributor

As long summer days start to fade and leaves begin to fall, many people turn toward canning and stocking up on winter food supplies. Born and raised local gardener and canning aficionado Destiny Sparks is one of those people whose pantry shelves are filling up with colourful homegrown fruits and veggies. “I’ve always been of the mindset to grow food not lawns,” says Destiny. Since buying a Westview home four years ago and being busy tackling renovations, this was the first year Destiny was able to

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devote a lot of her time to her front yard vegetable garden. Among the garden beds she grows: hot and sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, watermelon and pumpkins, along with fruit trees. She has always followed the organic gardening approach and doesn’t use any kind of herbicides or pesticides on her plants. Destiny planted flowers to attract pollinators and has let her back lawn grow over during the summer to provide dandelions for bees that come to visit. A lot of her produce finds its way to the canning process to ensure her family has healthy food until the growing season starts again next spring. Destiny learned how to can from her grandfather, Herb, who moved to Powell River from Ontario and owned Jumpin Jodphurs tack shop on Padgett Road. Destiny says he was the chef of the family and canning is now bittersweet because it reminds her of him; he passed away four years ago. She now has his dehydrator and smoker and acquired about 10,000 jars from her grandparents, »B3

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Having her six year old son Dominyk, who was four when they started planting, be a part of the growing process ensures he is more willing to try different varieties of things. An important part of her gardening is educating and ensuring her son grows up knowing where the food he eats comes from. She said he can often be found eating things directly out of the garden before they’ve had a

chance to pick it. “I want him to have the ability and knowledge for future use to grow food and be able to cook it,” says Destiny. More and more families are returning to growing and preserving their own food using the equipment and expertise of previous generations, while passing on this important skill and appreciation for nature to their children.

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including some of the older vintage jewel jars with the rubber seals. “It’s been hard to find supplies this year, especially lids because COVID lit a fire for many people to try gardening and growing their own food,” says Destiny. Seeds were also hard to find in town and many places ran out of things quicker than in previous years. Destiny’s canning season usually runs from June to September as she continuously cans things seasonally. It starts early with strawberries for jam and freezing some of the berries for smoothies. Then it turns to blueberries, while starting seeds, and heat crops. Tomatoes and peppers make their way into hot sauce and salsa. She makes relish, lots of pickles and was in the process of making kimchi at the start of September. Keeping some overlap from year to year, most of Destiny’s canning is shared with neighbours, given as gifts during the holiday season and traded with others. “I like to barter, so I traded some of my cherries to a local coffee shop for some coffee,” says Destiny. Her neighbour Greg also brings her tomatoes and peppers from his garden and in return she provides him with a case of salsa. Some things last longer than others, so Destiny might can jam every second year, depending on how supplies last. “We can’t grow everything, but every little bit helps,” she says.

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Hospital garden a peaceful place Space is designed for widespread appreciation BY PAUL GALINSKI

Powell River General Hospital’s community garden is creating a space that provides sanctuary for those in the hospital and for the broader community at large. Emily Jenkins, garden coordina-

tor for the hospital community garden, said the project has been underway for more than a couple of years and she was brought on about a year ago. At that point, the garden was just a grassy space. “Ground had not been broken and the architect was still refining the design,” said Jenkins. “We then had a contractor, Blue Fin Construction, who did the pavilion and the fencing. They did a lot of excavation and levelling of the site. “That was underway last fall and winter and I was in the process

COLOURFUL ENVIRONMENT: Mélie De Champlain, director – coastal community of care at Powell River General Hospital, appreciates that the hospital’s community garden is already receiving good use since it was constructed and planted earlier this year. The hospital director is an advocate of wearing masks in situations where physical distancing is not possible. PAUL GALINSKI PHOTO

getting up to speed on the design work that had previously been done. I was adding my perspective on what was already planned. There was definitely room for my input.” The winter work involved finalizing the design and deciding what

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was to be planted in the space. By the spring the construction crew was working in the space. “At that time, it was less research and planning and more physically being in the space and getting things underway,” said Jenkins. She said an imperative was that

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The garden features a variety of beds. There are raised beds of different heights in the garden, plus in-ground planting. Jenkins said the main focus is on edible plants and she also wanted to have beauty in the space. That involved having a variety of colours and textures for as much of the year as possible. The intention of the edibility is so people can just come in and pick things and eat them in the space. “That’s why we have some berry bushes that will mature over the years,” said Jenkins. “You’ll be able to come in here and pick a handful of berries or an apple. The interactive quality of the garden is appealing to me.” Already in the garden are apple trees and some raspberries have been planted. There are also some grapes. “Over time it will grow up and it will be more of a private oasis in here,” said Jenkins. A lot of what was done in the first year was the planting of annuals, which was to fill in the space for this season. Jenkins said there is more to be planted, featuring a variety of perennials as well.

She is hoping the hospital community garden will provide sanctuary and become a regenerative space. In order to create the space, Jenkins said she reached out to the Powell River Garden Club. “I did a little presentation to them one evening and they have been super supportive of the whole process,” said Jenkins. “Some of them came here and gave me their ideas and feedback. A lot of our plantings were donated. “Because of the circumstances of this spring, a lot of the plant sales that usually happen couldn’t happen but people are still dividing things up, so I recruited a lot of what’s in the garden from donations.” Jenkins said she has already received feedback from people she knows who have gone to the garden and told her that what’s happened this year is amazing. She’s also heard from hospital staff who have been enjoying the space. The hospital community garden is not just for people who are at the hospital, said Jenkins. “If people from the community want to come and enjoy the space,

they are welcome to do so; that’s a huge part,” she said. “The intention is for this garden to be for people who are in the hospital, whether that’s patient or staff, but also to incorporate the broader community and make it another community garden where people feel welcome and they can come and visit. “If people are in town and need a little break from their errands or if they are visiting someone and want to bring them out here, it’s a great place to come.” Jenkins is on a contract to oversee the garden space and it has been extended. Sodexo, the provider of food at the hospital, has also provided funding for Jenkins’ position. “For the foreseeable future I will remain in this position,” said Jenkins. She added that she’s in the process of figuring out ongoing volunteer opportunities to provide further assistance. Mélie De Champlain, director – coastal community of care at Powell River General Hospital, said the creation of the community garden has been a long journey. The main challenges, she said, were funding, to make sure there

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were sponsorship and grants and enough money to build it. “We wanted to make sure we received community support to fund the garden,” said De Champlain. “It’s been created by generous public donations and some support from Sodexo. There’s a lot of sponsors that have helped us. “Finally, this spring, we have been able to get up and running to build the garden during the COVID-19 lockdown. We have finally arrived at a place where we are able to harvest some vegetables.” De Champlain said this is a place for the community to be spending some time in a peaceful environment. She said the hospital wanted something outside of the hospital facility where people can go and have a nice, calm, therapeutic place to spend time. The space is also intended to be for education regarding healthy food and eventually signage will be increased to inform visitors about the garden. “We want to make sure the purpose of the garden is to have some dialogue around growing your own food, and also eating more veg-

etables, and harvesting and eating food that is in season,” said De Champlain. She said the hospital is hoping the garden can become a space for community engagement. She said the gazebo and a picnic table are already in place so people can enter the garden, sit down and enjoy the space. De Champlain said the location on Joyce Avenue is quite strategic because the desire was to have people see the garden from the street. She said she can see the garden from her office in the hospital and it’s a pleasure to see people going back and forth to it, and to see people leaving with a handful of goods. “The garden is very young, but we are already seeing an impact,” said De Champlain. “What I like about this project is regardless of how busy we have been in health care during COVID-19, we have continued to work on the garden. “There has been a lot of activity at the hospital to implement the project, from the planning side, to getting people to volunteer to help with the upkeep. This has been a bit of an oasis in the COVID-19 time.”

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Seven practical steps to an orderly kitchen It has been said that the kitchen is the heart of the home. Besides the bathroom, the kitchen is more used than any other room. So it makes sense to start organizing your kitchen first. An organized and well-functioning kitchen makes cooking easier and more enjoyable.

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Starting with a top shelf, take everything out of each cabinet and sort through. Repair, recycle or throw away the broken items and donate those things that are not used or needed. Do this with each shelf and drawer, setting up separate categories for everything you use and need. CATEGORIZE YOUR THINGS

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Kintsugi: Beautifully broken If you’ve ever dropped a favourite plate or wearily attempted to glue together a shattered vase, you’ll appreciate the saving grace of kintsugi. The Japanese art of golden joinery is a 500-yearold traditional method of restoring damaged ceramics with gold, no less. Instead of discarding the broken, it enhances their beauty and value by celebrating imperfection and even impermanence. In 2018, artist Naoko Fukumaru moved to Powell River and opened a ceramic and glass restoration studio in Wildwood, where she regularly brings new life and even greater beauty to the once broken through kintsugi. Using a special Asian tree sap to mend, gold powder is dusted on to highlight, instead of hide, restorations. “[The] transformative spirit of kintsugi has an emotional impact on people that echoes within, helping us to recognize and process and release our own internal pressures and experiences,” says Naoko. Through her work, she aims to open people and “help them discover for themselves how to be beautifully broken.” The art form of kintsugi brings with it a powerful philosophy: the broken can be mended and we can even

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WARM WELCOME: Painting her front door blue is just a small part of Joan Fitzpatrick’s most recent house renovation project, the second she has undertaken since moving to Powell River from Ontario. JOYCE CARLSON PHOTO

Growing up in her hometown of Peterborough, Ontario, Joan Fitzpatrick always knew someday she would end up living near the ocean. “I didn’t know where or how; I just knew it would happen,” she said. Her daughter visited Powell River with a friend who had grown up here and told her mom she needed to see the community. “I looked online and made a decision to fly out at the end of February so I could see what winter was like here,” Fitzpatrick said with a quick laugh. She stayed for five days, and bought a rundown trailer in a park that was under foreclosure for $100,000. As a bank manager, because she was not yet 55 and eligible for a pension, she did not return until June 2017 after her birthday. “I never thought I would be able to afford to live on the coast but found out it was possible, so I retired as soon as I could.” Looking around at some family heirlooms she did not want to part with because she would never be able to replace them, Fitzpatrick paid $10,000 to have them transported to Powell River and drove herself across the country. She proceeded to gut and renovate the trailer into a “lovely little home.” However, she had always owned a house and land so she started looking around for a vacant

lot. She found what she was looking for on Centennial Drive at the same time she was searching for a house to be moved from another location. It took a year of looking at three different houses before she found one that intrigued her located in Greater Victoria. “The owner had paid $2 million for the Oak Bay property but didn’t want the 1500-square-foot house,” said Fitzpatrick. Based on its location, Fitzpatrick said it was obviously an executive home in the late 1950s when it was built with an ensuite and walk-in closet in the master bedroom. “I loved the cove ceilings and oak floors and knew I could work with it because it has good bones.” Fitzpatrick had the house barged to Powell River to the lot being readied. It was placed on blocks while the foundation was prepared. As with most projects, things moved more slowly than anticipated. Fitzpatrick had hoped to move into her new home in November but it actually took until May. “Everything is connected and when something needs to be done, something else has to be done first.” Perhaps that was a good thing as she had some hydro and no heat. That has been rectified with a new horizontal fireplace that will warm the house. “I had to fix the hole in the floor where the original fireplace was located and put down tiles. All the bricks had to be removed before the house was moved.” Fitzpatrick also put up concrete board B9

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around the insert and will surround it with more tiles. “Up until recently, you could see through the living room wall where there have been two new windows installed. Now that they are in, I’ll replace the interior wall.” She does as much of the renovation work as she can. She is keeping the original kitchen cupboards with new countertops arriving this week. Her large fridge stuck out too far so she had someone remove part of a pantry wall so it could be moved back. He is going to build a wine rack above the fridge and a shelf where the stove was located before it was moved to a different place.

“I have found great people to do the jobs that I have to hire out, including a new roof.” Fitzpatrick is happy with her first tiling job on the kitchen floor. “I’ve done backsplashes before but had never done a floor.” She bartered with someone who wanted help with taxes for a lesson in tiling. When the plumbing was complete, she put in a sink and toilet and in-floor heating in the main bathroom. “I had never done that before and was very excited when the floor heated up,” she said. “It feels great stepping out of the shower.” Three decks have been added to the exterior, including

one that was built twice to accommodate Fitzpatrick’s two dogs who come and go inside and to their outdoor area. Fitzpatrick estimates it will take about a year to complete the renovations. Next spring, she will be ready to tackle the yard. While it is not on the agenda, she is confident she will do well if she sells it. Unlike a trailer which can only achieve a certain value, real estate with a house and land is the best option. Wherever she ends up living, it will be somewhere in this community. “I’m here in Powell River for life.” Fitzpatrick has lived in Powell River since 2017.

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The influx of workers, temporary loss of living space and ubiquitous layer of dust that come with a major renovation will be much less inconvenient once your kids have returned to school in the fall.

WINTER PREPARATIONS

If you complete projects like replacing windows, improving insulation and upgrading the heating system in the fall, you can make sure your home is ready for winter. Plus, you’ll have a stylish new space for the holidays. In addition, postponing your renovation projects until the fall will allow your family to enjoy favourable backyard weather without the constant noise and bustle of a major renovation project.

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Flooring options to spruce up your garage If your concrete garage floor has seen better days or you want to protect it from stains and damage, a coating or covering can help. Here are some of the available options. COATINGS

Before applying any type of coating to your concrete floor, it needs to be rigorously cleaned. This option is better suited for heated garages as the coating won’t stick to damp concrete. The most common ones are: • Concrete paint. This inexpensive product can be applied like regular paint. Regardless of whether you opt for a latex or oil-based version, annual touch-ups are a must. • Epoxy resin. This durable material is resistant to chipping,

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corrosive chemicals and damage from frequent use. It’s also easy to maintain, available in a variety of colours and contains no VOCs. Whereas concrete paint is easy to apply, epoxy is tricky to work with and requires extensive preparation. For best results, hire a professional to install this coating. COVERINGS

Typically, a covering is quick and easy to install. Simply give the concrete floor a thorough sweep in preparation. Although more expensive than coatings, this flooring option is immune to moisture. The two types of coverings are: • Interlocking tiles. These come in a wide variety of patterns and colours, making it

easy to create a custom design. You can also choose between flexible tiles that are comfortable to walk on and rigid, perforated tiles that allow snowmelt and spills to drain away.

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• Rollout mats. Available in various sizes, colours and patterns, these thick rubber carpets are an affordable covering option. However, their soft texture makes them susceptible to damage from

chemical stains and gravel imprints. If your garage floor is substantially damaged, a covering is the most effective way to give it a fresh, blemish-free surface.

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