30 Drinks Are on Me
Three fabulous thirst quenchers whose main ingredients are as close as your backyard. By Darlene King
32 Food Banks Go Rural
Alas, it seems food banks aren’t just
an urban phenomenon these days.
By Nancy Payne
36 Secrets of Successful
Tomatoes
Little tips that go a long way to ensuring that your tomato harvest will be the very best. By Bridget Wayland
38 Amber Waves of Grain
A primer for non-farmers who would like to identify the crops they see by the roadside. By Tom Cruickshank

40 Stand Tall
A tour of the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Reserve is a reminder of just how much of our natural grasslands have been plowed under. By Jason Santerre
42 Farm Fields and Sewage Sludge
The old debate resurfaces over the wisdom of using municipal sewage as farm fertilizer. By Candice Vetter

44 Hummers at the Feeder
An amateur birdwatcher’s guide to the hummingbirds that just might appear at your feeder this year. By Dan Needles











Fiona Wagner is a writer and blogger who, in her own words, “blogs about the blisses and misses of her life as a greenhorn farmer, wanna-be homesteader and stay-at-home mama, from 71 acres in small-town Ontario.” Sounds like a typical Harrowsmith reader. “Hydro-Fracturing,” her first article for us, appears on page 28. More of her work at www.fionawagner.com