appleturnover

appleturnover

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the pause –
as in the darkness we turn to the light
Jan 4

small works

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the pause –
as in the darkness we turn to the light
Jan 4
the four-season potager
a living refrigerator
Dec 14, 2025
on returning, after a long time away –
reviving our possible lives
Dec 1, 2025
how shall we dress in the future –
making, mending, thrifting, reconstructing a wardrobe for a better world
Nov 3, 2025
the capacity to imagine the future –
imagination as resistance
Oct 26, 2025
having awoken –
on reviving the root patterns of healing
Oct 12, 2025
if we are the bridge to possible futures –
living in the in-between
Oct 5, 2025
in our experiments with how to live –
on what is necessary, what is sufficient
Sep 28, 2025
to culture a life that is rooted in collaboration –
a daily practice of repatterning
Aug 31, 2025
climate change as a healing response -
the earth, like the body: a living, healing system
Aug 3, 2025
some years are apple years –
on honouring even the smallest harvests
Jul 27, 2025
when i was half my age –
on feeding life
Jul 20, 2025

patrons

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the farm + farmhouse tours
a year of monthly guided tours round appleturnover farm on salt spring island
Nov 29, 2024
the journal of small work* book
the collected works so far
Nov 29, 2024

long form films

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oil + wax
make homemade salves, balms, polishes and waxed fabrics using simple toxin-free recipes
Dec 7, 2025
pulley airer
downshifting into simplicity with appropriate technology
Nov 16, 2025
wood stove
save energy with a wood stove by stacking functions: off-grid cookery, drying, laundry, biochar…
Oct 19, 2025
grapevine
cooling our farmhouse naturally with a grapevine, feeding family + farm animals
Sep 14, 2025
pick + prune
prune an orchard in a simple, efficient regenerative silvopasture system with goats and chickens
Aug 19, 2025
behind-the-scenes
a peek into the making of the one-day documentary film, ‘small work’
Aug 11, 2025
deep litter
deep litter for healthy chickens and rich organic compost, on appleturnover farm
Jul 6, 2025
goosehouse
build a goosehouse and keep geese to create a resilient farm
Jun 25, 2025
broody hen
raise chicks with a broody mother hen for a healthy, happy, regenerative flock of foraging chickens
May 20, 2025
running ducks
raise happy healthy ducks for rich eggs, fresh compost, reduced pests in a regenerative garden or farm
Apr 15, 2025
grain mill
milling grain by bike in the farmhouse kitchen for a more resilient future
Mar 18, 2025
coldframe
extend the gardening season to grow year-round for local food security and adaptation to a changing climate
Feb 25, 2025

radio

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7:30
the recipe – 🎵
on relocalising food for a resilient future
Sep 28, 2025
routine as quiet rebellion –
on living out our activism
Apr 6, 2025
5:31
to find our way through – 🎵
on listening for a new way of life
Mar 30, 2025
3:23
we know how to take care of the earth – 🎵
on translating our fluency in symbiosis
Mar 16, 2025
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