Comments on: A Day in the Country is Worth a Month in Town http://fiestafarms.ca/2824/garden/a-day-in-the-country-is-worth-a-month-in-town Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 08 May 2012 21:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sarah Battersby http://fiestafarms.ca/2824/garden/a-day-in-the-country-is-worth-a-month-in-town/comment-page-1#comment-283 Sarah Battersby Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:43:26 +0000 http://fiestafarms.ca/?p=2824#comment-283 Bruce's Mill is great, and they have the apple butter festival in the fall too, I used to go a lot as a kid. Good to be reminded of it. St. Jacobs is another place I'd love to go to, good to know it's possible to do it in a day. Edwards Gardens is getting better and better with all the new gardens around the Toronto Botanical Gardens headquarters, good in every season. Music garden is another garden on my To See list. Bruce’s Mill is great, and they have the apple butter festival in the fall too, I used to go a lot as a kid. Good to be reminded of it. St. Jacobs is another place I’d love to go to, good to know it’s possible to do it in a day. Edwards Gardens is getting better and better with all the new gardens around the Toronto Botanical Gardens headquarters, good in every season. Music garden is another garden on my To See list.

]]> By: Sarah Battersby http://fiestafarms.ca/2824/garden/a-day-in-the-country-is-worth-a-month-in-town/comment-page-1#comment-282 Sarah Battersby Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:40:39 +0000 http://fiestafarms.ca/?p=2824#comment-282 Haven't yet seen the Beltline trail, and must go there soon. And yes, one of the best things about the Leslie Street spit is the view of the city, from that great wild vantage point. Great place for a bike ride, but bikes are only allowed on weekends if I remember. A plus: no hills! Haven’t yet seen the Beltline trail, and must go there soon. And yes, one of the best things about the Leslie Street spit is the view of the city, from that great wild vantage point. Great place for a bike ride, but bikes are only allowed on weekends if I remember. A plus: no hills!

]]> By: Helen http://fiestafarms.ca/2824/garden/a-day-in-the-country-is-worth-a-month-in-town/comment-page-1#comment-281 Helen Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:40:40 +0000 http://fiestafarms.ca/?p=2824#comment-281 In the city, the Leslie Street Spit is a favourite "country place" to be. It really feels like the wild and wide open spaces I love about the country. Plus, you get Lake Ontario *and* that crazy Toronto skyline.<br><br>Further north, though rather manicured, there's the Beltline Trail. It's like walking in a leafy lane, perfect when the sun get high. In the city, the Leslie Street Spit is a favourite “country place” to be. It really feels like the wild and wide open spaces I love about the country. Plus, you get Lake Ontario *and* that crazy Toronto skyline.

Further north, though rather manicured, there’s the Beltline Trail. It’s like walking in a leafy lane, perfect when the sun get high.

]]> By: sweetkeet http://fiestafarms.ca/2824/garden/a-day-in-the-country-is-worth-a-month-in-town/comment-page-1#comment-280 sweetkeet Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:16:21 +0000 http://fiestafarms.ca/?p=2824#comment-280 I do like to escape to the country, though I have been unable to 'disappear' in any significant way for the past five years or so for a variety of reasons. That said, some years I go to Bruce's Mill for the maple sugar festival in March/early April. I also adore the many farmers' markets that line the Niagara Parkway near Niagara-on-the-Lake; going there and seeing the orchards, grass, trees and gardens is absolutely THRILLING for me, since I live in a high-density mid-Toronto neighbourhood. St. Jacobs is also a lovely day trip. In Toronto, Edwards Gardens is wonderful, as is the Toronto Music Garden with its lush, tall grasses, gigantic and mysterious fruit-bearing shrubs and monarch butterfly-laden flower gardens. It's lovely by the lake. I do like to escape to the country, though I have been unable to ‘disappear’ in any significant way for the past five years or so for a variety of reasons. That said, some years I go to Bruce’s Mill for the maple sugar festival in March/early April. I also adore the many farmers’ markets that line the Niagara Parkway near Niagara-on-the-Lake; going there and seeing the orchards, grass, trees and gardens is absolutely THRILLING for me, since I live in a high-density mid-Toronto neighbourhood. St. Jacobs is also a lovely day trip. In Toronto, Edwards Gardens is wonderful, as is the Toronto Music Garden with its lush, tall grasses, gigantic and mysterious fruit-bearing shrubs and monarch butterfly-laden flower gardens. It’s lovely by the lake.

]]> By: Sarah http://fiestafarms.ca/2824/garden/a-day-in-the-country-is-worth-a-month-in-town/comment-page-1#comment-279 Sarah Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:57:29 +0000 http://fiestafarms.ca/?p=2824#comment-279 I love the Pinery. The BEST sunsets ever on Lake Huron. Little Lake on the Mountain, is that in Prince Edward County? I love the Pinery. The BEST sunsets ever on Lake Huron. Little Lake on the Mountain, is that in Prince Edward County?

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