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The forest to the sea

By David Holt

The Age of Sail Museum in Port Greville takes you back to an era when Nova Scotian ships ranged over the seven seas For centuries,…

The word “seaweed” has one of the shortest definitions in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. It is simply laid…

Container planting once brought to mind the image of basic plastic or clay pots stuffed with petunias and…

Round or flat, large or small, local rocks can be turned into a strong, long-lived wall.

Beautiful bountiful herbs Fresh from your garden to kitchen—and perhaps a few sprigs for the bath—herbs offer a…

Rock On!

In 1992, Paulette Sweeney-Goodwin embarked on a mission. She started to build a stone wall against the embankment…