Picture brightly coloured decor, smiling faces, a welcoming ambience under sunny skies, and spectators in a decidedly relaxed mood. That is what greeted visitors to the 2015 edition of the International Plowing Match (IMB) in Finch, Ontario, a festival celebrating the...
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Summertime serves up the best of fresh fare, with fruits and vegetables packed with flavour. Nurture your own crops this season for the ultimate take on eating local, and watch your garden grow.
Thanks to its natural bounty, Prince Edward County is home to a thriving farm-to-table scene.
Visiting a farm no longer constitutes a meandering drive down country roads, air infused with manure. The face of farming is ever changing and popping up unexpectedly in city centres, where horns are heard more than bird sound. High-rise farming initiatives are making...
A snapshot into the life of a lighthouse keeper in spring.
For the gardener in all of us, any exploration of Stratford, Ontario, in the warmer months has to include the town’s world-class gardens. Topping the list (though it’s a challenge to pick a favourite) is the Shakespearean Gardens, which has more than 60 varieties of...
Tree Canada is one of the players on the voluntary carbon market, allowing people to offset the effects of their activities through the planting of trees. “It’s fine to purchase carbon credits that help a coal-fired plant in Poland switch to a cleaner way of producing...
Robots and automated machinery are a common sight in factories around the world—and now they are transforming the way we grow food. According to the study “Agricultural Robots: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020,” robotics are being...
For the past 25 years, Tree Canada has been raising money and awareness of the importance of trees, not just for nature, but for the quality of human lives as well. “We are constantly trying to educate communities on the importance of urban forests,” says Richard...
Neighbours may hate them, teenagers may love them and landowners may find that they can’t do without them, but regardless of where you stand on the spectrum, there’s no denying that all-terrain vehicles have become part of the fabric of rural life. In many parts of...
Lorraine Johnson has been gardening in urban areas for years. She’s planted in plots, in pots, in unused corners of cities, without permission and with grateful invitation.
Ian Baird has no reason to be blue. The hot, dry summer which has plagued home gardeners and farmers across Ontario has been a welcome zephyr to the owner of the Terre Bleu Lavender Farm near Milton, Ontario. That's because lavender, a Mediterranean plant, loves to be...
Pulses may not be part of your daily diet, but that might be about to change, especially since the United Nations called 2016 the International Year of Pulses. Packed with protein, fibre, vitamins and minerals, pulses are easy to grow—even in our own gardens—and are versatile to cook with.
This is just a sample of the great stories coming in our March Gardening Digest. It’s a challenge that has scared off many an aspiring farmer: How can a person embark on a career in food production without solid financial backing? Well, it turns out that some...