Thyme for Tea OOLONG TEA Oolong is one of the most enjoyed and popular teas but what exactly is an oolong tea anyways?  Oolong, like all teas, comes from the ‘Camellia sinensis’ tea bush and it falls between a green and black tea depending on the method in which the tea leaves are processed.  The production…

Today my mom and I attended the first annual public seed swap put on by the Colony Farm Community Garden members.  The event was well attended and there were lots of rare and unusual vegetable seeds to pick from.  I got some peas, beans, dill, tomatoes and  rare bean seeds all the way from Greece!…

  Seedy Saturday Community Seed Swap March 9, Poirier Branch Library 575 Poirier Avenue, Coquitlam   1 pm Doors open. Gardeners donating seed can set their seeds out. There will be a table for veggie seeds and another table for flowers and herbs.   1:15 – 2:15 Speaker: Tatiana Kouchnareva Topic: “Our Tomato Seed Collection and Seed…

Tea Garden in Sri Lanka I decided last minute to take a 4th tea class so I registered for “Tea Regions of the World” on Monday nights.  So for 3 weeks I travel after work into Vancouver on Monday and again on Tuesday night.  I really like the Tea Regions of the World class, its…

The Victoria Tea Festival was a really interesting and informative event.  There were many booths and everyone had samples of their teas to try.  There was such an amazing variety of teas and some of the companies represented were TEAJA, TEA CRYSTAL TEA GARDEN, MAYIP TEA, NAKED TEAS GALORE, DAVID’S TEA, TEA DESIRE, THE TEA SPARROW…