Sugaring off is a time-honoured ritual in the hills.

Check out these seeds.

Cottontails conceal themselves in dense thickets of shrubs and brambles.

A curious hockey enthusiast turns his sights to lacrosse, a sport with deep roots — and avid fans — in Orangeville

Teens get the dirt on food and farming at Erin District High School.

Winter is the best time to find evidence of mink. With snow cover, mink tracks can readily be found along streams or the verges of ponds and lakes.

For most of the century before I arrived, this old house hosted a parade of smoker-drinker-carnivores who poured Paris green arsenic on their potato plants and thought cleansing of any kind was weakening.

In the snow on a soccer field in Caledon East, a rather strange family and a triangle challenge at Duffy’s school.

How a Toronto couple transformed a dilapidated house into a year-round sanctuary.

Plant a pollinator garden, go for a farming grant and tap your inner naturalist.

Adam De Witte’s work can be viewed at Dragonfly Arts on Broadway in Orangeville.

The Good, the Bad — and the Ugly.

Five ways butterflies survive the winter.

The heart-gladdening beauty of early wildflowers is a signal all is right in the woodland. Which one is your favourite?

Sants Greenhouses is a sprawling five-greenhouse operation that helps beautify not just southern Ontario but all corners of North America.

How the Heritage Bee Company is boosting the honeybee population in Headwaters and inspiring newbie beekeepers.

Birdwatchers like me are notoriously nerdy, and the essence of this is a fascination with lists.

Misha Dubbeld’s gracious Mono garden is a testament to 20 years of love and labour. With all that she’s learned, her latest project is conceived on a grand scale.