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Gardening Has Many Benefits

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When my daughter and I were getting ready to plant the garden, I thought about how a garden has much value on many levels. When children are involved with gardening, much learning can take place in this outdoor classroom. Giving children a small plot to care for provides an opportunity for them to take responsibility
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Plan And Visualize For Better Food Habits

A study by a McGill psychology researcher suggests simple ways of improving the way we eat. If you want to improve the way you eat, the best way to do so is to both make an action plan and visualize yourself carrying it out. “Telling people to just change the way they eat doesn’t work;
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Create A Petunia Tree

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If you do not want to have an in-ground flower bed or you do not have a suitable place in your yard to put one, you might adopt an idea that I have seen several times in yards and public places in the past few years. For lack of a better name, I call the
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RCMP Bust Rural Drug-Trafficking Network

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Rural Manitobans received another reminder this month that drug trafficking is not just a big city problem. Thirty-one people were arrested and another three are being sought in connection with drug trafficking – all with addresses in smaller towns and rural municipalities of eastern Manitoba, RCMP announced earlier this month. Police laid over 100 charges
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Recipe Swap A Fruit Pickers’ Must-Have

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Swap readers may recall a request on these pages awhile back for recipes using wild fruits. It came from Frieda Martens of Winnipeg who, inspired by her recollections of wild fruits enjoyed as a child, was preparing a cookbook. This spring she has published Precious Wild Berries,a 123-page ring-coil recipe book containing 80 wonderful recipes,
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All For One, And One For All

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Ryan Miller of Neepawa, Manitoba is involved in a family tradition competing in the sport of rodeo. He has not only gained plenty of knowledge competing at the high school level, but the wisdom passed down by his father and mother, Neil and Brenda, along with older brother Justin, has made him a better cowboy.
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Wildflowers For The Home Garden

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Wildflowers are one of Mother Nature’s loveliest gifts. In the home landscape they are ideal for creating colourful beds and borders, as well as offering a lower-maintenance alternative for large areas or for replacing turf grass. A garden of wildflowers offers several benefits to both the gardener and the environment. Once established, wildflowers require less
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More Questions For Reena – for May. 19, 2011

Hi Reena, How are you? I have been meaning to contact you for a while. I have a dishwasher that is 23 years old; it still works. However, because of our water, when the softener runs out of salt I have rust stains on the inside plastic tub. Is there a safe way you can
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Gardening Projects For Kids

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Here’s some great ideas to try as we get ready for another gardening season: Egg Heads– It takes only a few days for them to grow a head of “hair.” The fun part is that you can even trim the hair with scissors and style it as you wish. First, make a large hole in

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