A sure sign of spring is when the door of the red barn at the top of town slides open to indicate Allan Austin’s workshop is open for business. Austin says he spends about four or five hours in [...]
Welcome to the 2024 spring Home and Garden edition. The Creemore Echo is honoured to share with you this special edition that celebrates growth and nourishment as we mark the changing of the [...]
Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the friends and supporters of Cut and Dried Flower Farm. Cut and Dried Flower Farm has been in full time operation since 1993. We are a [...]
Spring is a heart expanding wellness season! There’s the glorious cacophony of green from sprouting trees, bushes, and grasses. The return of colour in the patch of spring flowers pushing up [...]
When heading outside to enjoy the spring weather, remember that woodland trails and grassy areas can also be home to blacklegged ticks that may carry Lyme disease, a serious but preventable [...]
There were times when Jim Slattery asked himself, “What have I done?” He had bought a wreck of a house and had decided he was going to restore it to its former glory. An electrician by trade he [...]
Upon visiting The Contemplative Cook, there will be a warm welcome and the offer of a hot beverage before sitting down at Alissa Price’s kitchen table for a chat. Over a cup of tea she tells me [...]
An important part of her job as horticulturalist and client liaison at Hill ‘n Dale Landscaping is education, according to Elizabeth Hitchens. The Terra Nova based firm has been enhancing the [...]
It’s not always easy to work with family, but the three sisters who are the Js at Triple J Tree Farm seem to manage. The Bigham sisters, Julie, Janet and Janice have been running the nursery and [...]
After a couple of gardening seasons battling an infestation of spongy moths), Ontario gardeners have a new set of threats to deal with. Asian jumping worms Cathy Krar of the Simcoe County Master [...]