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Morphine, acid, grass and vanilla bean lows

Mar 21, 2009 | Douglas G. Pearce | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Spring 2009

Poppy Culture Medical morphine production is “a much more reasonable and practicable alternative to the attempted destruction of the poppy fields – an effort that wouldn’t succeed for long, in…

Boyne Valley Park

Mar 21, 2009 | Linda McLaren | Back Issues | Departments | Headwaters Sketchbook | Spring 2009

And with spring come the ducks!

Innovative orangutans, Otzi the Iceman and snotty children

Nov 18, 2008 | Douglas G. Pearce | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Winter 2008

If you want to avoid catching a cold, keep your nose warm, wash your hands a lot and stay away from children.

Wild Minks

Nov 18, 2008 | Linda McLaren | Back Issues | Departments | Headwaters Sketchbook | Winter 2008

A mink can swim 30 meters underwater, dive to five meters, curl up with a clear conscience to sleep in a muskrat den after having murdered all the occupants.

Over a Barrel

Sep 15, 2008 | Jeff Rollings | Back Issues

How high oil prices are affecting life In The Hills.

Geothermal. Earth Energy.

Sep 15, 2008 | Jeff Rollings | Back Issues

CLEAN, RENEWABLE AND FREE. Call it what you like, with the support of large grants and rebates for installation, Headwaters residents are pulling heat from the ground.

Soul of the Home

Sep 15, 2008 | Jeff Rollings

In Finland, masonry heaters are known as “heart of the home,” and in Russia it’s “soul of the home,” reflecting the importance they have in people’s lives.

Oil Futures, Goo Goo Clusters and Judgment Day

Sep 15, 2008 | Douglas G. Pearce | Autumn 2008 | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments

Some 150 new candy bars hit the shelves every year, but 65 per cent of U.S. brands have been around for more than six decades.

Hemlocks

Sep 15, 2008 | Linda McLaren | Autumn 2008 | Back Issues | Departments | Headwaters Sketchbook

Tiny cones hang down at branch tips, over winter they will open and release seed.

Local Farm, to Local Food, to Local Fuel

Jun 20, 2008 | Tim Shuff | Back Issues

The Everpure Biodiesel Co-op aims to put the ‘bio’ back in biofuels.

Raising Cain

Jun 20, 2008 | Tony Maxwell | Back Issues

The provincial growth plans have focussed on the cities but “there’s been nothing about the spaces in between,” he says. “If we want farming to be an integral part of the GTA, the province has to turn its attention to the next step, which is creating a viable protected countryside economy.”

Dancing in the Dark

Jun 20, 2008 | Don Scallen

From dusk until dawn, our local bats perform an aerial ballet, devouring millions of flying insects.