Environment
Battles, balloons, vitamin B and Pierre Berton
Jun 17, 2012 | | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Summer 2012Nearly 60 per cent of Americans 18 to 24 live with their parents – a higher proportion of adult children are living with their parents now than at any time since the 1930s.
Food for Thought
May 18, 2012 | | Back IssuesA battery consisting of a slice of boiled potato between two electrodes can power a small light for 20 hours, after which a new potato slice is inserted.
Jack in the Pulpit
May 14, 2012 | | Notes from the WildThese plants can switch genders throughout their lives in response to growing conditions.
Butterfly Invasion
May 2, 2012 | | Blogs | Notes from the WildTwenty times more admirals than normal are moving into the province.
March Madness
Apr 9, 2012 | | Blogs | Notes from the WildThe next day spring peepers, chorus frogs and wood frogs heralded the early spring from sylvan pools.
Frog Listen and Watch
Mar 24, 2012 | | Web ExtrasIf frogs can open the eyes of children to the wonders of nature, they can also touch our souls.
Spring’s Croaking Chorus
Mar 23, 2012 |Ten species of frogs and toads share our landscape, a rich assemblage of hopping amphibians for such a northerly clime.
Dufferin Eco-Energy Park
Mar 23, 2012 |While landfill raised concerns about what was seeping into our ground and water, gasification raises concerns about what is seeping into our air.
Libertarians, populists and procrastinators
Mar 22, 2012 | | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Spring 2012Hot rocks, put it off, a passing thought, war flags and Holy typo! Miscellany from Douglas G. Pearce’s Countryside Digest.
White-Tailed Deer
Mar 17, 2012 | | Notes from the WildThere are probably more deer now than there were before European settlement.
Butternut Canker
Feb 22, 2012 | | Notes from the WildMost of our butternuts are dead or dying, stricken by a fungal disease called butternut canker.
Friends of Ontario Snapping Turtles
Jan 31, 2012 | | Notes from the WildHelp the turtles by signing a petition being circulated by Friends of Ontario Snapping Turtles.