Environment
Northern Connections – Tackling Food Security in Arctic Communities
Two Headwaters residents are working with Indigenous people on innovative programs to enhance food security in the Far North.
Winter Preparedness for Rural Homes
How to prep your home, car – and psyche – for winter storm season and its inevitable hydro outages.
Caterpillars Darwin Would Love
With UV flashlight in hand, strolling in the night-shrouded escarpment woods reveals fantastic caterpillars, some of which glow under a black light.
In Retrospect – Autumn 2023
A look back on how we’ve covered the pleasures and concerns of country life over the last three decades.
Caledon forced to go it alone: Here’s why the odds and costs are against us
The Ford government’s dissolution of Peel and incursion into the Greenbelt pose existential threats to Caledon as we know it.
If the Greenbelt Gives Way to Sprawl, Seven Headwaters Species Will Suffer
You may not know some of these magnificent species but they are our precious, fragile neighbours that cannot survive in a subdivision.
Goodnight Trees, Goodnight Garden
The latest thinking in garden and lawn cleanup is all about doing a little less – which in turn does a lot more for pollinators, birds and your soil.
A Monarch Magnet
The sweet nectar of liatris ligulistylis is renowned for its ability to lure monarch butterflies to gardens.
Midsummer Pollinator Plants
Summer holidays might be halfway over, but the bees are still having a field day thanks to these flowering pollinator plants
Carnivorous Plants
Plants can be killers too, and in Headwaters we have at least three varieties of carnivorous plants that consume small animals.
In Retrospect – Summer 2023
On our 30th anniversary, we dig into our archives to reflect on the recurring themes of aggregates and agriculture.
From Pool to Pond
How a Mono nature lover transformed her swimming pool into a pond teeming with wildlife.
