Manitoba Co-operator

Success with a phalaenopsis

Little did I know when I received a phalaenopsis as a gift about three years ago, that it was as tough as the perennial wild orchids that I was familiar with from my childhood. In my mind nothing could compete with the yellow and pink lady’s slippers that popped up every spring in the deep

What’s Going On With The Robins?

I heard banging on my dining room window and wondered if this was a spring ritual for robins, because the same thing happened last year. I assumed the red-breast saw its reflection in the window and then repeatedly flew straight at the glass, perhaps thinking it was an intruder. But even with the support of