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Category Archives: apples
Skookum helps press cider for Farm to School lunch
On Monday November 28, Coco Hess, Martin Mitchinson, and I got an early start. We picked up Skookum’s cider press from Jan & Gary’s workshop in Westview, and drove up to Wildwood to press apple cider for the James Thomson … Continue reading
Posted in apple cider, apples, cider press, Farm to School
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Ça presse!
Members of the cooperative were up at the Fall Fair this past weekend pressing and selling delicious fresh apple cider, using Skookum’s cider press. Thanks so much to all our volunteers and to everyone who dropped by to say hi … Continue reading
Posted in apple cider, apples, Fall Fair, Skookum
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Pressing Matters! Skookum Celebrates Co-op Week 2010
It was a beautiful, sunny October morning, crisp as the apples we were pressing into delicious cider during Skookum’s Co-op week celebratory Community “Press-Off”, outside the Community Resource Centre, as part of the weekly Saturday Winter Market. The concept was … Continue reading
Community Press-Off! Sat. Oct 16 10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Posted in apples, cider press, group purchase, Skookum
Tagged Apple pressing, celebration, co-op week, community
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Skookum September! (A snapshot of what we’re up to)
It has been a pretty busy September for Skookum, and it’s not letting up. The BPA-free canning lid order is complete, and a dozen or so members have some of the tools we need to get canning! If anyone has … Continue reading
Posted in apples, canning, cider press, group purchase, oats, tomatoes, work party, workshop
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When Harry Came to Pow!Town
Harry Burton and partner Debbie from Salt Spring Island’s Apple Luscious Organic Orchards visited Powell River for a Skookum-sponsored two-day fundraiser for our new community apple press. It was about apples, and a lot more. Harry talked about pruning, apple … Continue reading
Posted in apples, cider press, Harry Burton, orchards, workshop
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