Birthday traditions

November is perhaps the dreariest month of the year. It also happens to be my mother’s birthday! In honour of this auspicious day, we asked her what she would choose as the  “staff” pick wine of the month. It may come as no surprise that she chose...

Rite of passage

With Thanksgiving around the corner, my mother and I start with the annual discussions about when to host the feast and who is going to come etc. Despite the fact that my immediate family consists of my mother, me and then my cats, dogs and…chickens (if I am to...

It’s a sweet harvest this year!

Well it has been quite the summer of heat and sunshine. Throughout it all the bees from our two hives have been quietly buzzing away doing their thing. It has been a tonne of fun chatting with our “Good Earth Beekeepers” Dennis and Leslie of D’s...

When the stars align…that’s amore!

Sometimes the stars align and magic happens at The Good Earth. Last night was one of those special nights; one of those special evenings that make a smile appear from ear to ear and one’s heart sing with joy. Yesterday evening, one of our favourite guest chefs...

Bittersweet “au revoir”

Today is a stinker of a day and a particularly uncomfortable one for all of us at The Good Earth.  It’s not just the unpleasant heat and humidity, but the reality that our dear Amanda — the elegant and charming face at the door, cookie and marshmallow...