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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.

Capitalists, Millionaires and Worldly Pleasures

Jun 20, 2008 | Douglas G. Pearce | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Summer 2008

A British study suggests that for every minute you walk, you live about three minutes longer. You’re not using time, you’re generating time.

Grasses

Jun 20, 2008 | Linda McLaren | Back Issues | Departments | Headwaters Sketchbook | Summer 2008

Grasses have flowers just like roses or daisies.

Wetland Restoration? Leave it to Beaver

Mar 23, 2008 | Don Scallen | Back Issues | Spring 2008

If beavers are permitted to help reverse wetland losses, frogs will be among the happy beneficiaries.

Field of Schemes

Mar 23, 2008 | Jeff Rollings | Back Issues

There’s a population boom coming to Headwaters. Where will all the people go and what will it mean for our countryside?

Enough of Zoomburb

Mar 23, 2008 | Signe Ball | Back Issues

When I moved to Caledon from Toronto in 1974, feeling all starry-eyed and back-to-the-landish, as befitted the mood of the times, the population of the newly minted “town” was just…

Bursting bubbles, boosterisms and commoner sense

Mar 23, 2008 | Douglas G. Pearce | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | Departments | Spring 2008

Boost “Deficit spending is already beyond belief, and the country is hugely indebted, as are households. The housing bubble has already burst. The Federal Reserve has made clear it will…