Contributor: Danielle French

Danielle French is the host of Taste of the Country on Netflix and owner of South Pond Farms, a beautiful hidden gem nestled among the Bethany Hills of Southern Ontario. South Pond offers an authentic environment for farm-to-table dinners and events while fostering connections with agriculture and the local environment. Look for Danielle’s new South Pond book series at www.southpondfarms.ca or on Amazon. The second volume, Love, is available for presale.

The respite of an afternoon tea

Tea and the farm seem to go together like bees and clover.

It Will Be Spring When It Is Spring

At South Pond Farms

That Other Mother’s Day; Celebrating Earth Day at South Pond Farms

True, every day is Earth Day at South Pond Farms, but on April 22nd, Danielle French and the crew pause to honour, reflect, and revel in their precious little corner of Mother Earth.

What Lies Beneath…and a Wreath

Digging out from an Ontario Winter, Danielle French discovers treasure, trash, and a little inspiration for her front door.

A Babe in the Wood Pile; Learning to stack wood at the school of hard knocks.

Each spring, along with the arrival of birds and buds, come piles and piles of firewood, and Danielle French has to stack it just so – or else.

Coyote Picnic

For Danielle French, the unintended consequence of an outdoor freezer is just another lesson learned the hard way at South Pond Farms.

A Mid-Winter Dream: Garden Planning under Three Feet of Snow

It’s the dead of winter, and Danielle French is thinking about soil, seeds and barbecues.

Back from the Brink; Breathing New Life into a Farm in Decline

In 2006, Danielle French and her ex-husband bought the dream of country life complete with a crumbling barn, missing floorboards, and too many pigeons to count. The marriage didn’t survive, but along came a cowboy. Together they restored the farm and the dream.

Keep the Home Fires Burning

Giving Hope to the Hardship of an Ontario Winter