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August 7: Tricycle Acres Rocket Stove Pizza Party

Posted by Laura Hannant on July 12, 2014 2 Comments

What: Young agrarians everywhere, gather with us for a true taste of the Kootenays… pizza, wood-fired in a collaboratively-designed, collectively-built, decidedly beautiful cob rocket stove on a permaculture smallholding nestled in the Slocan Valley! When:  Thursday, August 7th, from 5:30pm on Where: Tricycle Acres, Winlaw, Kootenays, BC What to bring: Pizza toppings and a salad or dessert (Our hosts are graciously providing the dough!) Tricylce Acres is a family homestead whose story is in many ways typically Kootenay.  In 2010, Shauna and Dylan, two former-Calgary kids and their daughter came to the Slocan in search of a simpler, truer, more creative … Continue reading August 7: Tricycle Acres Rocket Stove Pizza Party →

Tricycle Acres: Permaculture Smallholding Internships in the Kootenays

Posted by Laura Hannant on February 27, 2014 1 Comment

In 2010, our family of three (Shauna, Dylan, and Mia) cashed in our cards and left the sprawling metropolis of Calgary, Alberta. We headed for the hills seeking a simpler life. Since then, we have hardly paused.  Tricycle Acres is the permaculture homestead we have created in British Columbia’s Slocan Valley – a little mountainside heaven with a loving and bustling community at it’s heart, a place where fresh clean water runs strong and the trees are old and diverse. We have had such a fabulous internship experience over the last 2 years that we are happy to announce we … Continue reading Tricycle Acres: Permaculture Smallholding Internships in the Kootenays →