Living

Can you taste it? Spring is here — and with it comes the beginning of the bounty.

Books Plus runs in The Tri-City News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

At this time of year, we’re all starved for some outdoor colour, especially when winter lingers on.

Audiobooks are an excellent alternative to sitting down and paging through a book. I listen to audiobooks while I garden and go on walks as well as during my daily commute.

With many people now living in high-density housing, containerization is the new way of gardening.

Despite being coined by environmentalist Jay Westerveld in 1986, and despite technology making information more accessible, the word “greenwashing” seems to be rarely used, despite its implications becoming more problematic.

Books Plus runs in The Tri-City News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

When the temperature is 10 C or higher, out come many of our bees.

What lives under the stairs? What lurks in the basement? Who keeps breathing down my neck?

As soon as the temperature begins to rise to the 10 C range, our native bees come out looking for pollen and nectar.