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Travel & Culture
Brushstrokes of Giverny on Vancouver Island
How Rose Rogan transformed a former Christmas tree farm into perennial permaculture.
A Cup of Coffee With a Local – Suzanne Crocker
Enjoy a virtual Yukon Sour Toe cocktail, moose sausage and Caveman Bill lore with Dawson City filmmaker Suzanne Crocker.
Going overboard in Georgian Bay
I can claim to have spent more than my lifetime on the water.
Gates of the Arctic National Park
U.S. National Park Service volunteer Joe Wilkins takes us up close and personal to the Arctic wilderness with his book, Gates of the Arctic National Park.
Finding Traction on the Back Roads
True Confessions From the Ninth Concession
A Perogy Drive-Thru, First-Date Hacks and Oprah
Harrowsmith’s colourful chinwag with Allyson Reigh of Rosie & the Riveters.
Gleaning knowledge
By Shannon Courtney Originally printed in Salty, Vol. 1, Issue 1, October 2016, saltyisland.com. Reprinted with permission. What do knitting, glee clubs, board games and food preserving have in common? If you guessed the 1950s, you wouldn’t be wrong, but these...
Why We Love Manitoba
From flapper pie to snorkelling with belugas, this province is full of surprises—and dill pickle vodka! Despite growing up in one of Manitoba’s neighbouring provinces (Ontario), a family road trip to Winnipeg and beyond was never entertained, even though it was...
Small Ponds featuring Colleen Jones
Your name? Colleen Jones. Home (or adopted) town? Halifax, Nova Scotia. Population? We are the ultimate little big town: around 400,000. Years in residence? All of my 56 years. Where do you live now? A block from where I’ve always lived: West...
Meet the Makers – fibre festival in Orillia
by Marie Sternberg What is the attraction of wool and other animal fibres? Why have we seen a recent emergence of various rural knitting festivals in south central Ontario in the past couple of years,...
Press Release – Spring 2020 Harrowsmith Mag
We have a vision! It made sense to run with the momentum of 2020 as Harrowsmith’s visionary year. 20/20 vision is a term that describes normal visual acuity (sharpness of vision) measured at a distance of 20 feet. This year can be your own opportunity for...
Skating Rink – ’Tis the Season
It’s 11 p.m., bitterly cold outside, and the snow has stopped after three or four hours of accumulation. A sensible person would be heading to bed at this point, but I am not a sensible person. I put on my coat and boots, grab my shovel, and head outside to clear my...
The Curious Flight Path of a Dragonfly
It was early autumn 1991. The summer heat and sweat-lodge humidity of Tokyo were beginning to crisp up to clear mornings when the silhouette of Mount Fuji once again emerged
Where the Stars Align in Canada
I’ve been starry eyed for a long time. Growing up in the country, I took dark skies for granted. I thought everyone could simply step outside and sit under a chandelier of stars like I did. My mom routinely pulled us outside to observe some planetary event or meteor...