Meet three of our clever contributors – Ellie Eberlee, Janet Dimond and Ben Rahn.

Mono gardener Misha Dubbeld’s newest garden, full of swaying grasses and anchored by a spillway of field rocks, was carved out of a windswept field.

Orangeville painter Steve Volpe plucks inspiration from everyday experiences then quickly bends it to create a fresh visual narrative on canvas.

Instead of rushing them to hospital, community paramedics are helping patients stay in their own home.

A drive-by primer on what’s growing in Headwaters.

Michelle Grierson’s compelling first novel is a fluid mix of myth, magic and the power of “blood memory.”

Bert Tupling, Mike Swidersky and Darryl Burnett criss-cross Dufferin County tending to wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, cattle, sheep and more.

Three Dufferin farmers sit down talk about what it means to be a modern farmer, the challenges they face and what they wish we knew about them.

Twenty years later, when this magazine was launched in 1994, the town’s population had doubled and the traditional farm community was aging out.

All you need is a smartphone and a love of nature to make valuable contributions to conservation science.

Murder, Hollywood intrigue and heroic deaths are among the tales that lurk on tombstones in cemeteries from Bolton to Horning’s Mills.

The creative minds at Theatre Orangeville were not about to be upstaged by a pandemic.

When it’s time to put on the brakes — for good.

Alton artist Kayla Jackson finds her muse in the historic streets of her hometown and commits its architecture and character to canvas.

Where to shop, donate, walk this season.

In 1930, a series of strange physical disturbances led a family to abandon their farm in Mulmur Township. Was a spirit at work? A poltergeist? Was it real?

From hatha to ashtanga, there’s a wide range of yoga styles to address your physical, mental or spiritual needs – even the need to include furry pals.

Inglewood foodie spots, local wine and beer news, and pumpkins galore.

Hiking accessories, pressed flowers and a nod to local farming culture.

Twenty years later, when this magazine was launched in 1994, the town’s population had doubled and the traditional farm community was aging out.

For generations the only people in Canada who had a good word to say about Toronto were the ones living there. Now thousands of them have left to live here.

Meet three of our clever contributors – Ellie Eberlee, Janet Dimond and Ben Rahn.

Covid has forced us to work in new ways amid absurd family pressures. But coincident with the pandemic, we have been also confronting broader issues.

A mobile fish market, sock drawer and sweet seven anagram.

How the Caledon clothing retailer changed course to become a candlemaker with a knack for irresistible aromas.

A contemporary family home melds into a Mulmur hillside and makes the case for the transportive joys of miles-long vistas and oversized windows.

This devoted Relessey Cemetery Board volunteer helps the group manages the graveyard next to the Mono church, which dates back to the 1870s.

Letters published in the Autumn 2021 edition of In The Hills magazine.

From deep in the earth to high in the sky, forests shelter teeming life.

Singing tree crickets are beautiful. They raise diaphanous wings like miniature sails and vibrate them as they trill their songs.

This is the time of year to get out after dark and explore… especially as the rain falls.

Most of the nocturnal critters my friends and I find are insects, but spiders, millipedes and amphibians also appear in our flashlight beams.

This Orangeville nurse contracted Covid-19 – along with her whole family.

A yoga teacher discovers the Zen in Zoom.

On a Mulmur farm, an essential seasonal worker misses his Mexican homeland.

How an amateur stitcher found purpose in making masks.

Our forebears knew how to put sunshine in a jar. You can too.

Barb Vivian’s jams, jellies and sauces are a staple at local farmers’ markets. This mild chili sauce is named for her mother-in-law.

Many of Connie Arteaga’s long list of handmade preserves – think passata or eggplant antipasto – have their roots in her native Sicily.

Rebecca Landman leans on family recipes for her canned offerings such as bread-and-butter pickles, corn relish and barbecue sauces.

If you’ve never cast with a fly rod, you might expect the fly to land first. But that’s not how it happens.

Night Hikes – A purposeful walk along a path, playing a flashlight over leaves, branches and trunks will reveal wonders.

All you need is a smartphone and a love of nature to make valuable contributions to conservation science.

Walking with poles: the fashionable walking stick morphs into essential hiking gear.