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For those old enough to remember the Harrowsmith of the seventies, with well researched informative articles of all things needed for the "back to the land" generation, may be happy to hear that it's back!!!
Curious to see how well it does now, anybody has seen any recent issues?
Any good?

I hope it’s not like the Harrowsmith Countrylife that they made it into after it went under...that was horrible.

I still have a box of the original Harrowsmiths from the ‘70s...oh how I missed it when it was gone and hope this iteration is as good as the original. It’s hard to find good magazines these days that really go in-depth and you can spend days reading!

I think it will be darned hard to resurrect the passion and vision of the original Harrowsmith..I was a charter subscriber and still have the original 12 issues in one of the binders they offered....i had all yhe others right up to no. 45 i think and then someqhere they lost their monds and followed the money and went into the Harrowsmith-Country Life version....a sad mess that was...ads for trucks and big toys..totally urbanite oriented and had nothing to do with the original vision....oh well..lets hope they catch the vibe with this new kick at the can... :running-chicken:

It is hard to go home again. Nothing is ever as good as one remembers. Especially in this world of blinking lights and sparkles. Set your expectations low and hope for something better than drivel. JMO

I have a shelf full of the old issues. It was always my favourite. I’m going to be optimistic & hope it is great in its new incarnation!

https://www.harrowsmithmag.com/topic/gardening
It looks promising!

Delving into the new Harrowsmith website doesn’t inspire me to think it will be much better than Harrowsmith Country Life as it’s published by the same company and the staff seem to be mostly the same. The “About” page is a whole blurb on their marketing for advertisers.

I’m hopeful but it looks like it’s trying to tap into the original Harrowsmith’s nostalgia as a marketing medium for upscale products....call me cynical but it seems to be the way things are going these days!

Oh, and the head office is in downtown Toronto....

I am happy to give them a benefit of the doubt until I see couple of issues.
It really depends on if they will be able to get enough good contributors and choose the right content.
The "house beautiful" it became towards the end had nothing to offer to me anymore, I am not even sure there would be the customer base that was there in the Seventies, with the internet everybody can choose their special interest group and everybody has all the information however erroneous at their fingertips.

I think the old Harrowsmith was like "Mother Earth News" and the "market" for country publications also has the British version of Country Living (which my wife prefers over the "American" Country Living as its more "country") then there's Small Farm Canada and a bunch of others.
Now the "shelf space" for magazines is smaller and they are trying to find a "niche".
Good luck to them.

That's good to hear OC. That is the only magazine I have ever subscribed to and looked forward to their bi-monthly issue. Read it from front to back. I will have to look into it. I wold also be curious to hear from other's if they have seen any of the new issues.