Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
LATE SPLURGE HAS NO EFFECT ON WILDLIFE October/November, 2009 issue Once late fall and winter roll around, I start spending more time indoors. Not that I don’t enjoy the cooler months – I actually embrace them. Attribute it to far too many hot July…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E “OUR NATURAL HERITAGE” CONCLUDES, BUT ONLY AS A COLUMN Thursday, September 17, 2009 It has been my pleasure since early March to offer this 15-week series…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E POINT PETRE IS A MAGNET FOR VISITORS Thursday, September 03, 2009 If someone were to approach you and ask about ‘ponds’ in Prince Edward County, you…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E WHERE LAND MEETS WATER Thursday, August 20, 2009 If it were possible to walk the shoreline completely around Prince Edward County, you would need to figure…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E WET AND WILD IN THE COUNTY Thursday, August 06, 2009 We used to think of them as wastelands in Prince Edward County – convenient dumping grounds…
GHOSTS IN THE FOREST August/September, 2009 issue It was pinesap we were now staring at, tucked under a conifer near its base where the trail makes its final turn before heading back to the parking lot. The H.R. Frink Centre, at Plainfield,…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E MCMAHON BLUFF, A RARE NATURAL GEM Thursday, July 23, 2009 It is known as a ‘mesa,’ a 97-hectare (240 acres) rocky headland unlike any other in…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E A CENTURY OF CHANGE Thursday, July 09, 2009 “Although conditions in Prince Edward County no longer favour white-tailed deer, it has not permanently disappeared from the…
O U R N A T U R A L H E R I T A G E NATURAL HERITAGE COLUMN SERIES AT HALF WAY POINT Thursday, June 25, 2009 It was a daunting task deciding what to include in a natural heritage presentation…
STALKING THE WILD STUFFBy Terry SpragueQuinte Cuisine Cookbook2005 Although I seem to remember the cows on our dairy farm giving thistles a wide berth when grazing, the late Euell Gibbons during his days of grazing actually went to a fair bit of trouble to…