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Our Meat Birds Have Arrived!

We have decided we want to try raising two different heritage meat birds this year.

Jun 7, 2011
Cathy Bray

Fiddleheads – A Wild Treasure

Every spring, around Mother’s Day, our whole family treks off into the woods for “Fiddleheads”.

May 26, 2011
Cathy Bray

A Creative Way to Encourage Children to Eat a Healthy Diet

I’ve decided to add some specialty potatoes and veggies to our crops this year to inspire and teach the importance of loving nutritious food;

May 17, 2011
Cathy Bray

Who’s Servin’ Local Guide – coming soon!

At Eat Local Caledon, we are putting together a new guide of who is “serving local” in the Caledon area.

May 10, 2011
In The Hills

Fishers have been Lured South

Fishers are said to attack porcupines in a particularly grisly manner.

May 3, 2011
Don Scallen

The Jefferson Salamander

The Jefferson salamander is a cause célèbre locally because of its very restricted range in Canada.

Apr 5, 2011
Don Scallen

Merlins

Merlins in Caledon would have been almost unthinkable 25 years ago. At that time, except on migration, Merlins seldom strayed south of the lakes and forests of the Canadian Shield.

Mar 14, 2011
Don Scallen

Great Horned Owls

Great horned owls along with other members of the owl tribe are gifted with adaptive traits beyond their acute senses.

Feb 14, 2011
Don Scallen

Winter Bird Counting

The Christmas Bird Count is an annual tradition that entices naturalists to down steaming cups of pre-dawn coffee and then head out birding at first light.

Jan 17, 2011
Don Scallen

Elms

I grew up in the shade of elm trees that arched magnificently across the suburban street where I lived as a young boy. Then, one by one they began to die.

Nov 28, 2010
Don Scallen

Brook Trout

Make sure to enter Don’s “Name these fish” contest (see details in this article). Deadline: November 30th!

Nov 3, 2010
Don Scallen

My Secret Life as a Poacher

Christine Thomas reveals her secret life as a poacher, “stealing” moments of joy from the country around her.

Oct 29, 2010
Christine Thomas