Bruce County
May 8, 2008: Fiddleheads and Maple Syrup at St Jacobs Farmers' MarketComments: 1 | Categories: 100 mile eating in Ontario , Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County , Shopping
I haven't been to the St Jacobs farmers' market for about 30 years. Back then it was just a farmers' market - mostly Mennonite farmers. Very basic. Now it's part of a complex. Still a great place to go. The...
May 2, 2008: Living in Grey, Bruce, or Huron County - what do you want to know?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County
What should we write about on Living in the Country? ( editor's comment: Have to admit - lately that's the royal we. I need to crack the whip! Bet we get a lot of traffic because of whip!) We want...
March 10, 2008: Bruce County, The International Plowing Match, and The Girl From Holyrood
Comments: 2 | Categories: Bruce County , Daily Life in the Country , Intgernational Plowing Match , Towns and Villages in Ontario
This is going to be a very big year for Bruce County. There's the Lucknow Reunion, the Southampton and Kincardine anniversaries and then there's the big one!
February 29, 2008: Web designer in Grey, Bruce, and Huron County
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County , Internet , Web Design
We specialize in designing sites for for small businesses. Sites that deliver customers. When people want to find a product or service in Grey, Bruce, or Huron County they often search on the internet. For more and more people that's...
January 13, 2008: International Plowing Match Bruce County Talent Alert
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The 2008 International Plowing Match goes from September 16th to the 20th at the farm of Wayne and Wendy McKague on the northern edge of Teeswater Village.
January 10, 2008: Scalloped Root Vegetables - Recipe
Comments: 2 | Categories: 100 mile eating in Ontario , Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County , Recipes
100 mile eating in Huron County - or Bruce County or Grey County or anywhere I'm not ready to try the 100 mile diet, there are things that I really like that aren't produced and have no desire to do...
January 8, 2008: January Thaw, Welcome But Don't Stay Too Long
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County
As for me- I read, and do a bit of writing.
November 20, 2007: Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving Canadians Prepare For Christmas
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Daily Life in the Country , Grey County , Huron County
Thanksgiving time is a time to remind ourselves of just how good we have it.
November 9, 2007: In Humility We Gratefully Remember Our Soldiers
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County
Our job is to put an end to war. To affirm as my friend Cliff Chadderton of the War Amps has said so often, "Never Again".
November 8, 2007: Remembrance Day In Bruce County - Lucknow
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In Lucknow Ontario, the Bruce County town where I went to the dentist, the doctor and the high school – played in the band and marched in the “cadet corps”, it’s a common sight to see merchants’ windows with Remembrance displays.
October 31, 2007: Electricity And Life In Huron, Bruce And Grey Counties
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Daily Life in the Country , Grey County , Huron County
"Stray Voltage" is an Important Issue Affecting Farmers in Huron, Bruce, Grey and other counties in southwestern Ontario. This is something that Living in the Country will be following closely over the next several months. We are establishing a "stray...
October 29, 2007: Bruce County Celebrates a Piece of History
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This past Saturday was a very special day in what is rapidly becoming known as “Terrific Teeswater” a beautiful village just north of the border with Huron County. The Bruce County Historical Society was celebrating the life and work of...
October 18, 2007: The Butter Tart Trail
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County , Restaurants - where to eat in southwestern Ontario
I can't stop thinking about butter tarts. There are no butter tarts in France. As far as I know there are no butter tarts anywhere except in Ontario. In North Wellington County (Arthur and Mount Forest) there's a Butter Tart...
October 3, 2007: Pumpkinfest in Port Elgin - Oct 6 and 7, 2007
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County
Jim writes about the Ontario election and about respite care in Wingham and I write about Pumpkinfest. Hmmm ... is anyone here assigning topics? from the Shoreline Beacon: This weekend is not only Thanksgiving but it’s the annual Port Elgin...
September 30, 2007: Country Life
Comments: 2 | Categories: Bruce County , Daily Life in the Country , Grey County , Huron County , The challenges of semi-rural Life
Country Life is not all Peaches and Cream This summer, as I drove around Grey, Bruce, and Huron County one of the things that struck me was the lack of abject poverty. In fact, the lack of anything that looked...
September 21, 2007: 'Country Houses' in Canada aren't like this
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Grey County , Huron County , Real Estate - Property for Sale
Not your Typical Ontario Country Home Country Life is an upscale UK magazine. Imagine living in the UK and dreaming about owning a house in the country and then seeing these featured. You'd give up. Link: Best country houses for...
September 14, 2007: Chicpea Kitchen and Lounge in Paisley, Ontario
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County
Chicpea is one year old this weekend. It's the brainchild of Rachael Timmerman and Ann Fauchon and it's definitely worth a visit, even if it's just for a cup of tea. A friend and I stopped in for lunch. He...
September 4, 2007: Living in the Country
Comments: 0 | Categories: Bruce County , Daily Life in the Country , Grey County , Huron County
I suppose we could have called this blog “Living in the Country in Southwestern Ontario near the Bruce Peninsula and Lake Huron, in Grey County and Huron County and Bruce County, about 2 ½ hours from Toronto” but by the...
