The City of Hamilton is wrapping up its gold recycling box program as the province moves to end blue box processing. How the individual producer model will roll out still hasn’t been announced. On a scorching hot Monday in August, my wife came to pick me up from…

As the earth gets warmer, heavy rains will only get more intense and more frequent. Find out what you can do to protect your backyard and home and what the City is doing to address the issue. “Rain, rain go away.” It feels like that’s been the…

Summer is almost here, so parents, here are some great places to get outside with your kids that are fun and don’t include a device. Summer break is almost here for thousands of public and separate school students, and if you’re like us, a slow panic is starting…

Cut flowers are a big trend in gardening this year and dahlias provide a ton of diversity is size and form and are easy to grow. Summer is very much here. After a scorching week in May, a lot of people with green (or not so green) thumbs…

McQuesten Urban Farm is nestled in a east-end neighbourhood and grows healthy, affordable and culturally diverse food for its neighbours, while providing classes in cooking, canning and fermenting. If you’re headed for a drive in the east end near Parkdale Avenue, you can reasonably expect to see the…