John Bladen Bentley isn't in a hurry. This is a man who spends five days making a single photographic print. A man who has spent 15 years of his...
The Last Colour Carbon Transfer Printer in Canada
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Environment
New Ways to Finance Farming
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...
The Unplugged Woodshop
Down an industrial hallway, in an old, white-walled factory, past a sprouts company, a chocolate shop, and a caterer sits the Unplugged Woodshop....
Honey? We Shrink the Nonsense
There is a story floating around social media that claims that 75 per cent of honey sold in stores is not actually honey. The story states that...
Straw Bale Comes In From The Country
When most people think of straw-bale construction these days, they visualize soft lines in a distinctly rural setting. They certainly aren’t...
Alpaca Ontario at the Royal Winter Fair
We dropped in the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario. And, we found these dudes. Alpacas are gentle animal with hair that makes wool on par with...
Remembering Martha – the Last Passenger Pigeon
Martha died at the ripe old age of 29, the last in a very long string of Passenger Pigeons. She was the namesake of Martha Washington – President George Washington’s wife – who herself had suffered an earlier extinction incident in the spring of 1802.
The Inner Bigness of Tiny Homes
Kayla Feenstra admits that the prospect of downsizing from a 2 000 square foot home into a tiny home was no easy task. It took some time, distilling...
What’s Killing Our Country Bees?
Though not native to North America, the diminutive honeybee has become an important aspect of this continent’s agriculture and biodiversity. And now...
Harrowsmith Garden Digest Success Story
The Harrowsmith brand has been enthusiastically embraced by readers across Canada.
Just Like Grandma Used to Grow
Heritage seeds get a helping hand from the dedicated gardeners at SODC.
ISON: The Exasperating Comet
We asked Robert Dick, our Astronomy Editor, for his take on Comet ISON, the bright light in the sky which seems to be exasperating night-sky watchers and failing to become “The Christmas Comet” / “Comet of the Century” that it was supposed to be.
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