Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
PLANTS PREPARE FOR WINTER’S CHILL November 22 & November 24 As a child growing up on the family farm on Big Island, I always found wheat kind of cool. I would relish the taste of it right out of the bin of the combine and would…
SURVIVING THE BIG FREEZE November 15 & November 17 There was a chipmunk calling last weekend at Sandbanks Provincial Park. Just for a moment, I was camping again in the Woodlands Campground where the emphatic chip of this energetic denizen of the woods is a familiar…
HISTORY ABOUNDS IN LOCAL CONSERVATION AREAS November 08 & November 10 When Quinte Conservation began its program of outdoor interpretive events in 1996, it seemed important right from the start to offer a blend of both natural and human history. Without this peek into the past…
LATE SPLURGE NO EFFECT ON WILDLIFE November 01 & November 03 I had the pleasure recently in Belleville of doing a Power Point presentation for an auditorium of Retired Teachers of Ontario members. Titled, “Surviving The Big Freeze,” it was an in depth look at…