By Nicole Robertson Really and truly, the plan for the day was just to go and get some new chickens. Six chickens to be precise; six beautiful,...
Small Ponds featuring Roy McGregor
Your name? Roy MacGregor. Home (or adopted) towns? Whitney and Huntsville, Ontario. Population? 700 in Whitney and 18,000 for the greater...
Small Ponds featuring Guido Basso
Your name? Guido Basso. Home (or adopted) town? Near Consecon, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Population? It’s a small town. Years in residence? 32....
Scarecrows, Dippy Doughnuts, Gas Fest and a Six-Foot Sturgeon
This is a shiny new feature in Harrowsmith, and we hope to continue to sit down and have several cups of coffee, virtually, with a few locals,...
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To each his own (island)
Summer. Six letters, two syllables, four consonants and two vowels. Though its ambiguous and smooth phonetic exclamation is short (much like...
Dentist Drilled Deep into The Strange Copper Cylinders of Thaddeus Barnes
Ramon Humeres is no stranger to puzzles or adventures. The 60-year-old Toronto dentist has been tackling thorny enigmas for years. And, his...
The Cycle of Life
Yvonne Bambrick has been on a bike since she was a baby. On the back of her father's bike, a few decades back. But now she gets around Toronto under...
An Exhibitor Sampling at the Guelph Organic Conference
It is, perhaps, the only place in Canada where you can buy a bacteria-killing, see-through garden hose, heritage tomato seeds and plant pots made...
Horses Are My Therapy
Dr. J. David Richardson is a Viking with a heart of gold. The retired Dundas, Ontario family doctor now runs Christieview Farm, just outside of...
One Of A Kind, The Recycled and the Strange
We dropped by the One of a Kind Show and Sale in Toronto this week. We were looking for artists and craftspeople who were doing something a little...
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...
The Birdseed Man of Safari Road
Back in 1874 Barry Bogle's ancestors farmed the land of Safari Road just to get by. Now a sixth generation does the same to keep the birds of...
The Future of the Royal Winter Fair
Karen Poncelet fills us in on the future of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and her hopes for a royal visit for its centennial.