November/December 2018
November/December 2018 >> Vol. 15 Issue 5 FEATURES FUNGI I. By Vanessa Farnsworth From growing for themselves this couple developed a vigorous home-business. FUNGI II. By Matt Jones...
View Article2019 Seed Buying Guide
Welcome to Small Farm Canada’s annual Seed Buying Guide. You’ll find seed suppliers from across Canada and into the U.S. who have worked hard to supply whatever seeds, bulbs, corms etc. your small farm...
View ArticleOf turtles and interventions, financing suspect vehicles
The family farm is thick with nature — bears and cougars, owls and heron and turkey vultures, raccoons and deer galore — but the wild creature that caught everyone’s fancy in the last few years is a...
View ArticleFUNGI – Double Feature
Their operation mushroomed! From growing for themselves this couple developed a vigorous home-business BY VANESSA FARNSWORTH Monte Paynter has always been passionate about mushrooms and until five...
View ArticleJanuary/February 2019
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019 >> Vol. 16 Issue 1 FEATURES The traditional farm hedgerow makes a comeback! By Jim Jones Techniques for making and maintaining delightful, natural shrubby boders. Monsanto...
View ArticleThe Traditional Farm Hedgerow
There may be places on your farm that you drive past every day and think nothing of, or perhaps you wonder if that unused strip of land could serve you better and you should be rid of it entirely. But...
View ArticleDigital burgoo
Some thoughts on the digital age: –It is the conceit of every generation to think they live in remarkable times. We believe the internet sets us apart from generations past because of the speed and...
View ArticleMarch/April 2019
MARCH/APRIL 2019 >> Vol. 16 Issue 2 FEATURES From a voice, buffalo! By Alice Guthrie Mike Water’s long journey from a troubled childhood to farming bison. Oh, my aching back! By Josh Martin...
View ArticleFarming with fungi
A few years ago, I asked one of my old buddies from the University of Guelph to have a look at my garden. Because the soil is heavy clay and we live in a droughty patch of Southern Ontario by the...
View ArticleA refreshing, if old, take on efficiency; brother, won’t you lend a hand?
Largely due to reader response to a column I wrote some time ago on George Henderson’s book The Farming Ladder, I recently followed up and read Henderson’s second book, Farmer’s Progress. For those not...
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