by Stephen Gleave | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog
The onset of cold and flu season means stockpiling OTC remedies, and hibernating when symptoms strike. But when I can, I prefer to seek out natural solutions and prepare a winter medicine cabinet using herbs grown at home. Herbs have been used around the globe for...
by Stephen Gleave | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog
Ancaster, Ontario is a gorgeous little town. Half pastoral farm community and half suburban bedroom community, it is situated on the western flank of the bustling, half-million-strong city of Hamilton, Ontario, and about an hour south of my own former professional...
by Stephen Gleave | May 30, 2022 | Blog
May 20 was World Bee Day, a time to celebrate nature’s most prolific pollinators, even as we fret about their fate. For years, Canadian honey bees have struggled against a range of environmental obstacles. Dwindling populations, collapsed colonies and vast acres of...
by Stephen Gleave | Jan 26, 2022 | Blog
It’s no secret that I love where I live, Ancaster, a historic town in the city of Hamilton, Ontario that was founded in 1793 and decades later merged with Hamilton but maintains its own feel from the city and overall Ontario region. There’s a lot to like about...
by Stephen Gleave | Nov 15, 2021 | Blog
Welcome to Ancaster, my home for many, many years. It’s a charming, historic little town within the city of Hamilton, Ontario in Canada and it’s simply a wonderful place. It was founded in 1793 and became one of the first important early British Upper Canada...