Hazel never forgot those stories.  And when she eventually met her partner Dan Stanford, a trapper, she put some of them to good use.  In the kitchen.

In their cabin in central Newfoundland, there's always a pot on the stove...brimming with something delicious, and mysterious.  Everything from squirrels, to bear soup, to beaver, to bear fat french fries...all culinary treats from the Labrador coast.  Almost everything Dan Stanford traps ultimately ends up on Hazel Tubrett's supper table.

While they fear losing the unique history of their little outport, they're more afraid of growing old in a remote community at the edge of the ocean. So residents leave willingly, but sadly. Hearts will be heavy as the last ferry pulls away from the wharf. 

From there, Everett and Marilyn started bringing in farmed trees from Nova Scotia.  And from that, sprung the idea of starting a Christmas tree farm of their own.

So, 17 years ago, Everett and Marilyn leased land, cleared it of everything but fir trees, and began the process of growing Christmas trees.  Fertilizing, pruning, nurturing...all in hopes of growing the perfect Christmas tree.  The finest of firs.

These days our provincial emblem isn't just hanging out in bogs. Since 2006, the Pitcher Plant has been our official brand.

Learn more about this strange and fascinating insect eater, and meet some of the people passionate about our plant...everyone from a botanist, an artist, to a bog full of Japanese tourists.

The garden born of necessity is now a source of contentment for Mancel.  And he sows the seeds of happiness the old way...the organic way.  In soil fortified with kelp and caplin...crab shells and lobster bodies. 

It's Woody Point's answer to all things natural.  The Garden of Mancel. The garden by the sea.

Six men from that community were on a duck hunting trip when their boat went down near the Offer Wadham Islands, roughly 17 kilometres from Newfoundland's shores.  Dion Faulkner was the only man to walk away from that tragedy; an accident that claimed his father, his two brothers and two of his best friends. 

This is the story of the sole survivor, the men who were lost...and the people still coping with that loss.

Dennis Drover was just a boy.  He remembers his father and his friend leaving the harbour to check their nets that day.  It was the last time he would see his father alive.

The bodies of Hedley Drover and Willis Thomas were recovered the next day...Christmas day. A Christmas day Dennis Drover never, ever forgot.

It's a throw back to the Christmas times of old...when Newfoundland kitchens were full of music, family and friends.

Featuring the music of Simani, set in Fortune Bay on Newfoundland's south coast, this show has retained a timeless appeal.  And the highlight has always been a kitchen Christmas visit from the mummers...a page from the book of Christmases past.