Happy May & Beltane! It’s such a relief to be at the midway point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. Now, as the year is unfolding, nature becomes more magical and warm and blooming with life. Warm summer nights are around the corner, and adventures await. We had an especially lovely First of May because […]
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The Arrival of Spring
Finally Spring has arrived here in Southern Ontario. I’ve been eagerly waiting for things to start popping up, as this is the first year I set out on a mission to catch some new plant growth as it happens. We had an especially long winter this year, with a snowfall and ice storm in April. […]
Petroglyphs Provincial Park Hiking Trail
The Petroglyphs Provincial Park is located in Woodview Ontario. It is named such because it contains ancient Native American rock carvings believed to have been created before the arrival of Europeans to what is now Canada. It is believed that the carvers were from Algonquian speaking groups. Unfortunately, you cannot take pictures of the rock […]
Forage + Tea
This past Sunday my mom, sister and I attended a Mother’s Day “Forage & Tea” event hosted at Headwaters Farm, a permaculture cooperative and education centre located in the beautiful rolling hills of Northumberland County. We were taken on a tour of the property and shown various wild plants that can be used for nutritional, […]
