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Laura Houle 🇨🇦
@lauraearthfarmer.bsky.social
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regenerative earthfarmer in Cascadia on the west coast of British Columbia (zone 9a); writing my first novel, a murder mystery; in a long-term relationship.
earthfarm.ca
#earthfarm
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Laura Houle 🇨🇦 @lauraearthfarmer.bsky.social · Mar 11
I'm a newskie and I'm okay.
I sleep all night and I skeet all day.
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#newskies
A complete guide to Bluesky 🦋
I've decided to write down some of the tips & tricks that I often give to friends when I send them an invite code, or the advice and answers that I sometimes give to people that I find in some feed as...
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Golden Pholiota fungi.
Pretty colours but not recommended to eat ☠️🍄🤢
on the Sunshine Coast, BC.
#fungi #pacificnorthwest #PNW #mushrooms #foodforagers #foodforaging
Golden Pholiota fungi growing on tree. Looking up at Golden Pholiota fungi growing on tree.
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Canis scruffilaris... a.k.a., the farm dog

#jackrussellterrier #dogsonbluesky #workingdogs #farmdogs #JRT #DogLovers #TerrierLife #Dogs #PuppyLove #DogTraining #PetAdventures #CanineCompanion #DogMoments #FurryFriends
Head shot of a rough-coated Jack Russell terrier
October 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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What r u reading now?
I've been reading fiction all summer but now that autumn's here I'm turning back to non-fiction.
#whatrureadingnow #amreading #currentlyreading
#Booklovers #bookrecs #booksky
Photo of two book covers: 1. Defining Sexual Misconduct: Power, Media and #METOO, by Stacey Hannem and Christopher J. Schneider; 2. The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness, by Pema Chodron
September 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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"our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate." --Pema Chödrön, The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness
#meditation #lovingkindness #suffering #compassion #Buddhism #findyourtruenature
September 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
lauraearthfarmer.bsky.social
the Autumn colours are stunning this year!
at earthfarm.ca

#SmallFarmLife #earthfarm #HomeFarm #regenerativefarming #permaculture #growyourownsupper #vegetablegardening #sustainablefarming #Gardening #PNWgardening #foodpreservation
30 lb. box filled with large orange and red tomatoes
September 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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I made a delicious meal by stuffing sweet horn peppers with ground lamb, rice, herbs, garlic, onion. Delish!
#SmallFarmLife #earthfarm #HomeFarm #regenerativefarming #permaculture #growyourownsupper #vegetablegardening #sustainablefarming #Gardening #PNWgardening #foodpreservation
Sweet Basil, Oregano, Thyme and Bull's Horn sweet peppers Pre-cooking the peppers by steaming them on the stovetop A pan of stuffed peppers with tomato sauce and basil leaves; ready for the oven. A pan of stuffed peppers after baking. Sprinkle some parmesan on top near the end of the bake.
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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mussel of love 💙

#lovesetsyoufree #SunshineCoastBC
#PNW #photography
September 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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water dog
#jackrussellterrier #dogsonbluesky #workingdogs #farmdogs #JRT #DogLovers #TerrierLife #Dogs #PuppyLove #DogTraining #PetAdventures #CanineCompanion #DogMoments #FurryFriends
September 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The devil made me do it! 👹🌶️

#SmallFarmLife #earthfarm #HomeFarm #regenerativefarming #permaculture #growyourownsupper #vegetablegardening #sustainablefarming #Gardening #PNWgardening #foodpreservation
a slice of red pepper in the shape of a heart A photo of me holding two horn shaped red peppers on each side of my head.
September 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Reposted by Laura Houle 🇨🇦
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"If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking." ~Andrea Junker
September 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Breaking News: Alberta rewrites order banning school library books containing explicit sexual content to protect the Classics: Danielle Smith
#CdnPoli #politicalsatire #politicalhumor #Alberta #Canada
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by Laura Houle 🇨🇦
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Words are magic
My seven-year-old asked for a dictionary this week. We went to the bookshop today to buy one. She walked home hugging it, pausing every so often to look up a word, grinning as though she had been given a book of spells, the key to wonders. (Credit: Ann Morg)
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Drive your karma slowly when you meet dog on the road.
Hand-painted sign 10 km/hr. Dog on Property. Drive Mindfully.
September 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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What are you reading now?
I'm reading Juice by Tim Winton, a dystopian, post-apocalyptic novel.
Kill the oligarchs, I say.
Kill them now before their madness kills our planet Earth.

#Booklovers #bookrecs #booksky #whatareureadingnow? #whatrureadingnow #amreading #currentlyreading
August 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Today I canned Caponata.
It's a good way to use up all the zucchinis and cucumbers... and tomatoes, sweet peppers...

#SmallFarmLife #earthfarm #HomeFarm #regenerativefarming #permaculture #growyourownsupper #vegetablegardening #sustainablefarming #Gardening #PNWgardening #foodpreservation
Metal colander filled with chopped cucumber, zucchini, and onion. A potato masher is pressing down on the vegetables to squeeze out liquid/juice. Red California Wonder bell peppers in a bowl Several pint jars of Caponata three zucchinis in a water barrel. A hand holds one of the zucchinis.
August 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I believe E.M.
I do NOT believe Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dubé and Carter Hart.
Add your support at actionnetwork.org/forms/em-we-...
August 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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"The changes would remove the right of farmers to save and reuse seeds and cuttings from protected "fruits, vegetables, ornamental varieties, other plants reproduced through vegetative propagation and hybrids." For most plants recognized under the law, the protections last for 20 years."
August 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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We're harvesting figs and crabapples today.
Drying the figs and juicing the crabapples for jelly and fruit wine.
#SmallFarmLife #earthfarm #HomeFarm #regenerativefarming #permaculture #growyourownsupper #vegetablegardening #sustainablefarming #Gardening #PNWgardening #foodpreservation
A metal pail full of red, Dolgo crabapples. A green fig drooping from the branch
August 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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If you want to let Mark Carney's Liberals know that you care about Women and Gender Equality, the YWCA has a letter you can send from here: win.newmode.net/actioncanada...

#CdnPoli #Canada #Women #Feminism #Feminist #ohcanada
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
win.newmode.net
August 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Mark Carney Liberals, following Trump's playbook, cut the Minister of Women and Gender Equality.
But, there's lots of money for private industry, as he hands out 1.2 billion to softwood lumber in BC.
I didn't vote for him. Never will.
#CdnPoli #Canada #Women #Feminism #Feminist #ohcanada
August 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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What r u reading now?
David Nicholls' novel, You Are Here, is a romance with much humour.
The Secret History of the Rape Kit reads like a true crime detective story.
Reading from romance to rape.
#whatareureadingnow? #whatrureadingnow #amreading #currentlyreading #Booklovers #bookrecs #booksky
August 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Smile for the camera.
I love the brindle-like pattern of Vintage Wine tomatoes.
and they taste good, too.
#SmallFarmLife #earthfarm #HomeFarm #regenerativefarming #permaculture #growyourownsupper #vegetablegardening #sustainablefarming #Gardening #PNWgardening
A large Vintage Wine tomato, shaped like a heart and with a line that looks like a smile
August 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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TGIF.
#bloomscrolling
Pink lily with speckles and green center
August 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Relishing the fruits of the earth...
Today I made 7 pints of cucumber relish because
Winter is coming!
#SmallFarmLife #earthfarm #HomeFarm #regenerativefarming #permaculture #growyourownsupper #vegetablegardening #sustainablefarming #Gardening #PNWgardening
7 pint jars of cucumber relish Grated cucumbers draining in a metal colander Markermore 76 cucumbers on a red tea towel
August 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM