Four thousand-two hundred trees will be planted throughout Haliburton County through the partnership of Patient News Publishing with Haliburton Highlands Stewardship Council through the Council’s Tree Planting Program. Patient News Publishing…is committed to environmental stewardship in all facets of their business operations. In addition to their current use of 100% FSC certified paper, Patient News Publishing has made a further commitment to planting trees with HHSC. The Haliburton Highlands Stewardship Council, a community organization comprised of generous local volunteers, dedicate themselves throughout the year to promote and support responsible stewardship of natural resources in Haliburton County, and deliver programs such as the Tree Planting Program.
The Tree Planting Program is designed for Haliburton landowners who are interested in reforesting their properties, restoring or enhancing biodiversity, preventing shoreline erosion, or simply creating wildlife habitat in their woodlots and shorelines with trees native to Haliburton’s seed zone. Patient News Publishing, in a generous effort to contribute to the stewardship of Haliburton’s natural resources while offsetting their environmental costs, is – in addition to planting trees – subsidizing 50% of every landowner’s tree order!
If you would like more information, or would like to apply by the deadline of March 15th, please contact Tracey with the Stewardship Council at 705-286-5205 or or hhsc.intern@gmail.com or to download the application online visit www.ontariostewardship.org/haliburton.
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Maple Lake Ontario sunset
Ah, the weather. Any day now it will act nicely and then another day and so on until there may be a string of lovely days. The catch? Right now the calendar says that it is only early March. But too late–we will have been lulled into the notion that spring! is! here! Even though I know better, I will get on the bandwagon too, pounding the drums of joyousness in solidarity. I’ll probably even go for a spin in my Mustang GT convertible, top down.
If only it would stay this way, continuously moving closer to better weather. But rudely, reality does intrude. We don’t like to think such thoughts but when the inevitable occurs we are bummed because “the weather sucks.” And it seems to suck more because we’ve enjoyed such delicious samples of the yumminess that is spring only to get a strong shove back into reality.
Yes, reality. It seems much more than a concept when it rains for a week straight and you’ve just about forgotten what the sun looks like.
Not that anyone needs reminding, but for me, I will continue to relish the good days, acknowledge the “bad” and try not to let thinking about the “weather” monopolize too much of my time–which brings me to the AccuWeather website. I use an online weather resource every single day–at least a couple times each day because I live in an area where winter weather is not to be trifled with. During a Midwestern winter you need to be dressed properly, your car needs to be fully winterized, you have to know how the weather is impacting traffic–there are so many considerations one must take into account before walking out the front door. The AccuWeather site can help me with each concern so I can feel confident that my family and I are fully prepared to take on whatever Mother Nature send our way.
At the newly redesigned AccuWeather site it is super easy to find what you want to know because the site has been redesigned with ease of use a top priority, whether it is tabbed browsing, a clean, low-clutter page or a variety of new lifestyle areas like one I especially enjoy–Weather and Home and Garden. I didn’t expect to find helpful information about Home and Garden Shows but there is was. Nice touch, AccuWeather!
Our front yard. Hostas rule as they love all the rain we've had--whether we want them to or not.
People use to say when we’d arrive at Maple Lake that we’d “brought the good weather” with us. Well, we have not had great weather here in the Chicago area, so I’m afraid this time that we are going to need to turn the tables and say that “It’s nice to have some pleasant weather, now that we are here at the Lake.” However your forecast for the immediate 2 weeks calls for temperatures that only reach “normal “on two days and the rest of the time are below normal. That is not thrilling, guys. Now understand, I’d rather be there than here in the summer, regardless of the weather but it would be nice if you could muster up a really nice week while we are there. No pressure though, OK? Thanks.
Here we are looking at the weekend in the Haliburton Highlands and hey, what a perfect day it was today!
Thunderstorms however, are moving in possibly as early as tonight, and they will continue throughout tomorrow, July 11 -Sat. A temperature high of 64° is definitely on the cool side but there you have it. Looking past Saturday and into Sunday July 12, you’ve got a mainly sunny day! Temperatures are expected to be a comfortable 71°F and there is zero chance of rain on Sunday. As the work week begins, look for temperatures to fall a bit to 69°F but the chance of rain is quite small. Tuesday is a carbon copy of Monday–temperature is to be about 69°F but there is a very slight increase to 20% for showers. Wednesday, July 15, you’ll see temperatures on the rise to 75°F with some cloudy periods and a 30% chance of precipitation. The nighttime low will be roughly the same as it is for the whole week at 50°F. Thursday will be a cloudy, rainy day with a high of only 68°F. Nighttime temps stay pretty high at 55°F. Friday, July 17, should be sunny with zero chance of precipitation and a comfortable high of 71°F.
The Bug Report-
Except for tomorrow Saturday the 11 when it is to rain all day, the Bug Forecast for the Halibrton Highlands for black flies, mosquitoes, deer flies, and horse flies range from medium to high density.
Be sure to click the thumbnails for details on the weather, the Bug Report and for pretty webcam pictures from cottage county in Ontario from today, July 10, 2009.
Have a great week!
Sun Jar, Moon Jar Solar Jars--great at the cottage-sturdy!
I was just mulling over how when we go to Maple Lake, we are much more aware of our environment and how we impact it and visa-versa.
For example, cleaning products. At home I live in a condo in a big suburb and really don’t put much thought into what my cleaning products are made of. At the lake it’s a different story entirely. Any waste water that runs off does so just feet from our lake. Being aware of this, we go out of our way to use products that if somehow they do get into the lake won’t do significant harm.
The product I found myself using a lot at the cottage for older stains on ceramic and tile was baking soda. It was gentle but very efficient–even removing stains that I’d scrubbed with harsh cleansers that I’d previously used in desperation.
Another ecofriendly product I brought up to Maple Lake especially to keep at the lake was my sun jar. The cottage gets plenty of sun so the solar cells quickly powered the rechargeable battery which is then used to power the low-energy LED lamps.
My intent was to have another source of light if we were to lose power to the cottage which is quite common with severe weather. It did happen that the power went out one late afternoon, not returning until 11 p.m. and the sun jar was enjoyed greatly not just as a light source but as a object of beauty.
EDIT: I like it best as a portable nightlight. It kept it’s glow for several hours but it need to put in sunlight to be at it best. It rained almost the whole time we were there. I would like to test it out with a few bright, sunny days each week, maybe mixed with mostly sunny-with rain– when we need it–at night. 
My favourite rock has been on this beach a very long time.
Now it is the bottom step.
Cool, no?
Both sets of stairs are wicked awesome. Spouse is very industrious and exacting whenever possible. This is repurposing these rocks back to what they were doing long ago.
Very pretty and through manual labour–lots of it–the steps have been re-built. I think they look great.
