Category Archives: Nature
Three Spanish Caminos
See also my guides to the Camino Primitivo: Camino Primitivo And Camino San Salvador: Camino San Salvador This page is not perfect, but I hope it will be helpful to anyone contemplating doing a Camino. Introduction In September and October … Continue reading →
2023
Happy Holidays! In lieu of the usual Christmas round-robin letter, I am making a year-end blog post. This allows me to include a lot of pictures. Hopefully, by Christmas, there will be a full page here with details of the … Continue reading →
Buckthorn Bashing
Note: The author has spent 20 years bashing buckthorn at his recreational property, Oak Hills Farm, which includes about five acres of buckthorn. Over the last two years, he has volunteered with Toronto Nature Stewards, tackling buckthorn at Roxborough and … Continue reading →
Frontenac Challenge 2023
A guide to completing the Challenge in six days The Challenge The challenge is to hike eleven trails in Frontenac Park in September and October. This effectively means covering every area of the park and almost all of the major … Continue reading →
Greetings to the Natural World
As I was reading “Braiding Sweetgrass,” I was impressed by the idea that we should start meetings and events by expressing our gratitude for the gifts we have received from the natural world. Specifically, the Haudenosaunee “Greetings to the Natural … Continue reading →
TNS Leaside Park Stewardship Information 2026
It is a New Year, and a new stewardship season will soon start at TNS Leaside Park! Once again, we will remove garbage and invasive species, tend the native plants, and add more native species to restore Leaside Park’s natural … Continue reading →
The Chorley Switchback, revisted
Why has the Switchback become overgrown with invasive species, and could it be repaired to become a showcase for native species and pollinators?
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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP RESTORE THENATURAL BEAUTY OF LEASIDE PARK People who live in Toronto have 6,600 hectares of public open space in parks and ravines that they can use for walking, picnicking, birdwatching and other types of outdoor … Continue reading →
How to make a submission about the proposed vaping flavour ban
Unless we protest, Canada will ban all vape flavours except deliberately unpleasant tobacco, menthol and mint flavours with no sweeteners. The ban will apply across the country, with no exceptions, even for people who smoked for decades and have been … Continue reading →