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Success With Streptocarpella

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Many gardeners overwinter plants from their outdoor gardens with the hope of using them outdoors again the following summer. Most of us have boxes of bulbs and tubers tucked away in cool, dark spots for the winter, pots of bulbs kept dormant, as well as several parent plants we attempt to keep alive on windowsills
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First Open Farm Day A Success, More To Come

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Last September’s first-ever Open Farm Day in Mani toba was an astounding success with more than 4,000 people, mostly from urban centres, visiting the 37 farms that participated. As a result, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has decided to make it an annual event, MAFRI agritourism specialist Susan Nicoll told an Ag Days seminar
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Stress Helpline Goes Viral

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After operating a call line and responding to 17,578 calls, Manitoba Rural and Farm Support Services (MRFSS) is marking their 10th anniversary with the launch of their new web services, announced Janet Smith, Farm and Rural Support Line manager at this year’s Ag Days. Their website now has Skype, live chat and direct email to
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Don’t Let Winter Blues Get You Down

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I hope you made it through Blue Monday last week. What I mean is, I hope you weren’t paying any attention to it. The first Monday of the third week of January (the date is debated) has been dubbed The Most Depressing Day of the Year. What it is, actually, is just another myth that
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Swap Your Steak For Bugs And Worms, Scientist Urges

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Mealworm quiche, grasshopper springrolls and cuisine made from other creepy crawlies is the answer to the global food crisis, shrinking land and water resources and climate-changing carbon emissions, Dutch scientist Arnold van Huis says. The professor at Wageningen University in the Netherlands said insects have more protein than cattle per bite, cost less to raise,
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Know What You’re Up Against

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In my 18-1/2 years of country living I’ve always strived to live in peaceful coexistence with nature. OK, I’ve had a few choice words for the woodpeckers that seemed intent on removing the cedar siding from the house, and the weasels that came around hoping for a meal of my ducklings, but generally, strategies such
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A Bit Of Hawaii In Manitoba

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One of my favourite houseplants is the hibiscus; it is a large plant – a shrub actually – and in its natural tropical environment the hibiscus can reach heights of several metres. We saw lots of beautiful hibiscus in Maui last winter while on a holiday there and it is the state flower of Hawaii.
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That’s One Nutty Squirrel

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I first noticed the squirrel late in the fall when he took a flying leap from the carport vines to the hanging bird feeder, causing it to swing erratically. He held on, swaying to and fro as he feasted on sunflower seeds. On a subsequent visit he noticed the supply was running low, so he
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Make A Wheelchair Bag

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My son-in-law asked me to make a wheelchair bag for his mother for Christmas. It was a challenge, since I didn’t have a pattern for one, but this is what I came up with and it seemed to work very well. Materials: 28 inches (.7 metre) of a sturdy fabric Approximately 50 to 60 inches
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Our Resident Dove: Lonesome Or Not?

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For the past four years a mourning dove has overwintered in the town of MacGregor. Presumably the same bird, it has come to feed and drink in our backyard almost every day for the past four winters. Because it was always by itself, we named it “Lonesome Dove” (from the Texan town and movie, of

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