by Trina Berlo | May 15, 2015 | News
Sitting by a crackling fire, beverage in hand, as the sumptuous smoky scents of a charcoal grill waft through the thick air… This is spring and with it come the joys of outdoor living and cooking. It is the time to slow down, take advantage of long days, and light up...
by Trina Berlo | May 15, 2015 | News
Chubby Checker for aches and pains, Patsy Cline for cold and flu and Perry Como for headaches. These are just a few of the superstar singers of yesteryear whose names have been assigned by Marie Boyce and John Durston to their herbal teas. The herbs have been grown in...
by Trina Berlo | May 15, 2015 | News
Trina Berlo photo: Heirloom 142 proprietor Laurie Severn with the 1928 cash register that was once used to ring up sales at her grandfather’s luggage and handbag store in Toronto. A coat of paint can give new life to old furniture. With the right paint, a little...
by Kara McIntosh | May 15, 2015 | News
They are one of the first harbingers of spring – the ongoing chorus of loud, high pitched peeps coming from our wooded areas and grassy wetlands. Although they sound like sleigh bells, they are the mating calls of tiny male frogs called Spring Peepers (Pseudacris...
by Kara McIntosh | May 15, 2015 | News
Mike Wheatcroft, a teacher at Stayner Collegiate Institute (SCI), speaks to his class of Grade 10 students, explaining what they need to get done. He assigns some students to watering the hundreds of vegetables and herbs that are growing throughout the school’s new...
by Trina Berlo | May 15, 2015 | News
Young minds aren’t the only things growing at Nottawasaga and Creemore Public School these days. Students are building and growing gardens as part of a school project that is extending to the community at large. The project began with a group of parents who pitched...
