Zulu Pepper starts out as a very dark purple, eventually turning red—and you can use it both ways!
Danielle French’s 3 Ways to Use Lavender
Lavender is an herb and we grow it in abundance here on South Pound Farms.
My Herb Garden at South Pond Farms
Danielle French’s passion, her Herb Garden at South Pond Farms
Harrowsmith Gen XYZ – Emma’s Edible Yard Save Tomato Stories with the Seeds
In my family, Lebanese Mountain tomato is a favourite variety we save seeds from every year
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Rose from the Dead
Yikes! Canadian roses are going extinct!
The Country Know-It-All
Everything you ever wanted to know about country living but were afraid to ask!
The Pecking Order
Who knew the social lives of chickens were so complicated?
Footnotes from the Grasslands
Rural dreams, urban reality: reflections on life in the country.
A Short, Factual History of the Almanac
Veteran Harrowsmith contributor Dan Needles examines the medieval origins of the Almanac.
The ATV grows up
An ATV is all play and no work, right? Not any more. Indeed, an ATV (below) can hold its own doing chores on the farm, but that’s nothing compared to the work that its kissing cousin—the UTV —can do.
Boiling the Bees
The plan was simple: Sneak into the house and boil a large kettle of water. Haul the kettle over to the Bow Club and dump it inside the wall, and the bees would be scalded to death in a matter of seconds. Simple, effective, low cost, and, we believed, possible.