It was dusk when we arrived at the Central Experimental Farm. Or maybe it just seemed that way because it was overcast. Whatever the reason, a row of greenhouses stood out as a blaze of light. I guess the lights help stimulate growth. I’m the wrong guy to ask horticultural questions. I know plants need […]

We were visiting a patient at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, and afterward  walked across the street to the Central Experimental Farm‎ to wander through the paths there. The farm is somewhat of an anomaly – a thousand of acres of farmland in an urban setting. Mind you, in 1886, when the land was set aside […]