Working to Enhance Our Habitat

by Philip Fry Not long after my last contribution to this column, I received an email message questioning my purposes. I was asked: “What is...

Arrival of juvenile Leopard Frogs

by Fred Schueler & Aleta Karstad, Fragile Inheritance Natural History On the 23rd of July, the first juvenile Leopard Frog of 2023 arrived at Bishops...

Food Corner

by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville Do you have more green tomatoes than you know what to do with this time of year? Just bake...

Cleavers cleaving to brushy backyards – Looking for Cleavers’ stories

Fred Schueler and Aleta Karstad, Fragile Inheritance Natural History The genus Galium is called Bedstraw because, back before mattresses cost $750, they were stuffed with...

Ontario farmers welcome federal budget announcements

submitted by Rachelle Kerr, Communications Coordinator Ontario Federation of Agriculture This week’s federal budget contained several good news announcements for Ontario farmers dealing with rising costs and...

Ontario’s farmers get set to gather for annual convention

by Larry Davis, Director, OFA Every year in November, members of Ontario’s largest general farm organization, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), come together for...

Common Local Trees are dying due to global warming

William John Langenberg, M.Sc Env. Biol., Former researcher and lecturer at Kemptville College Climate change seems to have a devastating effect on some common local landscape...

The Food Corner

by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville Another family favourite at the farm is Chicken Polese, though we aren’t the least bit Italian. This goes back...

Support line for farmer wellness now live

A telehealth line to provide mental wellness support to all Ontario farmers and farm families is now live.  Through the Farmer Wellness Initiative, the provincial...

The Weather with Connor

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another week of The Weather with Connor. This week, I just wanted to talk about one thing. That big...