by Alexa Pitoulis | Jul 31, 2015 | SOYL Stories
Started off the day weeding the garden, then transitioned into a great warm up game by Salma and Alejandra. During lunch, we were presented with the unusual incorporation of cauliflower in a banana cake baked by Beatrice although it was surprisingly delicious. And...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Jul 29, 2015 | SOYL Stories
Week 4 was a blast! In the morning, as our warm up we played two truths and one lie.It was amazing how some lies were hard to guess because they seemed so real.Later on we visited the Fresh Direct warehouse , there was so much produce.We saw mushrooms, ginger, yam...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Jul 24, 2015 | SOYL Stories
The Day started off dreary and damp, with a game of Handshake murderer to get us moving and laughing. It was especially funny when everyone died right after I shook their hand, even though I was NOT the murderer. Whatever, it was fun. After the fun and games, it was...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Jul 22, 2015 | SOYL Stories
On our third community day everyone met up at Van Tech and leaned about food processing which meant lots of cooking, food and most importantly eating! Milling grain is something that most in this generation never think about but we got to try it out first hand turning...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Jul 16, 2015 | SOYL Stories
We started the day off in the Fresh Roots Garden of David Thompson. We did some weeding in the carrot club garden by using shovels and forks. The weeds were difficult to pull out and there were clumps of soil at the bottom but in the end we managed to pull most of...
by Alexa Pitoulis | Jul 10, 2015 | SOYL Stories
July 10, 2015 – First day at Churchill We began our first day at Churchill with a game. It’s kind of hard to explain but it involved a lot of bunny hopping and shoelace tying. We next got on with building our new bed and trellis. We got to saw through some planks and...
