Canadian Agricultural Safety Association Celebrates Ag Safety Week
submitted by Robin Anderson
This Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW), farmers, farm families, farm workers, and farming communities are encouraged to show how they commit to...
Local food – education
by Deron Johnston
One theme that was established through the results of our recent local food survey at ngtimes.ca is that there is an education...
Dairy farmer dumps milk, makes video, faces backlash
by Nelson Zandbergen
Courtesy of Farmers Forum
A stainless steel pipe gushes fresh milk over the milking-parlour floor as unhappy Dunnville dairy farmer Jerry Huigen loudly...
Billowy stands of an Invisible Invasive
by Fred Schueler, Fragile Inheritance Natural History
In June, 2009, the vegetation around a small pond we had dug in 1983, formerly dominated by Meadowsweet...
Mulches and Woodland Blue Phlox
By Philip Fry
In my last column, I discussed the soil profile of an undisturbed site. The top layer, generally labelled “O,” is composed of...
Natural Succession
by Philip Fry
One of the main differences between colonial and habitat gardening is the approach taken to the ecological process of natural succession, the...
Species Range and Habitat Reciprocity
by Philip Fry
A few days ago, Nick Weissflog, a young friend pursuing environmental studies, came to visit me. Nick is currently doing research on...
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...
Darkness, Light, and the Canada Columbine
by Philip Fry
Darkness has once again spread over our Province. With 16.8 percent of eligible voters claiming a majority government, the illusions we might...
Food Corner
by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
Yikes! I hate to say this, but the current Covid slump in the economy is reminiscent of the Great...