Farm Life

An artistic adventure is in store for visitors to the Blackstrap Art Studio Tour, held annually in May. This is the seventh year the self-drive tour has been showcasing the work of artisans and craftspeople in the Blackstrap and Dundurn area, south of Saskatoon. About 30 participants at five sites will be displaying and demonstrating […] Read more

Jamie Mamer combined a lifelong love of horses with her need to create crafts, when she began producing her line of beautifully handcrafted cowboy gear. Some of her items include custom leather chaps, tack, saddles, wool saddle pads and horsehair hitching — a unique craft using twisted horsehair to make one-of-a-kind designs for items like […] Read more

When artist Ramona Swift-Thiessen moved from the Okanagan to a ranch near Waldheim, Saskatchewan she initially wondered what subject matter she should paint. She was used to the majestic mountain scenery, fast-flowing rivers and picturesque lakes and woodlands of British Columbia. But it wasn’t long before her artist’s eye began to appreciate the beauty all around her […] Read more

Before Chris and Rachel Buhler established their hydroponics operation near Saskatoon in 2007, they had conducted research into food security in Saskatchewan. “We learned that this province produces only about 4.7 per cent of its own vegetables, compared to Manitoba and Alberta, which produce close to 50 per cent. Our climates are similar, so why […] Read more