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Don’t Complain About All This Snow

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Not many years ago we worried and complained about lack of snow. Snowmobiles, toboggans and cross-country skis remained in storage. Now we worry and complain about too much snow with the word, “flood” entering most conversations. We do have choices – we can fret about the arrival of a too wet spring or concentrate on
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Editor’s Note – for Feb. 24, 2011

If you have any stories, ideas, photos or a comment on what you’d like to see on these pages, send it toCountry Crossroads, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1, phone1-800-782-0794,fax204-944-5562, email [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you. Please remember we cannot return submitted material – Sue
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Value-Added Venture Has Good Fibre

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With her kids entering their teens, but still not wanting to divide her time between being a stay-at-home mom and an off-farm job, Angie Baloun was looking for a new focus to life back in 2007. She and her husband, who works off farm, have horses and grow hybrid poplar trees on 20 acres just
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Add A Little Fish To Your Dinner

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As I write this Louis Riel Day is just around the corner and if the weather is good – and even if it’s not – I’m certain many Manitobans will take the day to enjoy a little ice fishing. Much the same way camping gear has brought a lot of indoor comforts outdoors, gear for
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Testing The Waters

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Can we fish in your barn? Do you feed your fish worms? A lot of people are curious about the silvery trout now swimming in a Warren-area barn that once raised chickens. Owners Leslie and Rudy Reimer are happy to talk about what they’re doing. Fishing for answers on how to raise fish indoors is
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Recipe Swap – for Feb. 17, 2011

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If dried peas don’t strike you as something to use when you’re baking, you probably haven’t heard about the flour made from them. Green split pea flour, whole yellow flour and chickpea flour are a line of Manitobamade flours now passing taste tests in kitchens around the country as home bakers hear about their health
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Photography Just One Of Various Talents

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Alyssa Krahn, a young woman who has grown up on the family farm near Rivers, Manitoba has a unique eye for capturing life with her camera. At the Annual Art and Photography Show at Prairie Crocus Regional Library in Rivers, she had her photography on display and it brought many comments from attendees saying that
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Schefflera Makes A Good Floor Plant

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The schefflera plant, Schefflera arboricola, is often called the umbrella plant, and for good reason. The five to seven leaflets of which each long-stalked leaf is composed are elongated ovals and light olive green in colour. The leaves, with their long stalks, do indeed resemble umbrellas or parasols. A schefflera plant will produce several sturdy
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Food Diaries Can Promote Weight Loss

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Keeping a food diary takes a little discipline but can be an eye-opening experience. People often eat much more than they realize. All you need is a piece of paper and a pen or pencil. Then you write down everything you eat, whether it includes M&M’s nabbed from a candy dish, crackers in front of
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More Questions For Reena – for Feb. 17, 2011

DearReena, Ihaveasetofcrystal glasses,whichhave becomecloudyoverthe years.Ionlyusethem aboutthreetimesayear, andthenwashthemin thedishwasher.Ihave trieddifferentbrandsof soapbuttonoavail. –Phil Dear Phil, Etching on glasses may be a permanent condition depending on the depth of the etching. Begin by pouring citric acid (available at pharmacies or health stores – you may need to ask) into the dishwasher dispenser and running the dishwasher as usual.

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