Questions For Reena – for Aug. 5, 2010

Hi Reena, I read your column in our paper and quite enjoy it. I bought an artificial plant, with grass-like plumes a few months ago. This plant has a very strange and disgusting odour. I didn’t notice it at first but some days it is quite unbearable. Is there anything I can do to get






Try Eco-Friendly Bamboo Products – for Aug. 5, 2010

Ba m b o o has now become popular in many homes. Because of its sustainability it is a great substitute for items made from less renewable resources like hardwood. Bamboo is a grass which renews itself within a five-to seven-year span, compared to hardwoods which take up to 60 years. It is a very

Fairs And Festivals Join Hands – for Jul. 29, 2010

It was a challenge to this province’s small-town fair organizers to start more actively working with other groups when hosting summer fairs. The idea was that more cooperative ties with other organizations might not only give ag societies a much needed boost, but help other groups too. The approach seems to be working, a recent


Hope Floats – for Jul. 29, 2010

If you’ve been trying to email the address we published recently for theHope Floatscookbook – [email protected] – the email address is now up and working once more. The cookbook committee advises those wishing to purchase a cookbook can also order a cookbook by contacting Val Perriman, Box 96, Deloraine, Man., R0M 0M0. The cookbooks cost

From Lake To Plate – for Jul. 29, 2010

If you tend to skip the fish section of the grocery store, unsure of how to cook fish or are lacking recipes to prepare it, a new cookbook is here to help. This is the new online cookbook,From Lake to Plateavailable through the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, containing a huge variety of recipes collected from


The Summer Fairs Are On! – for Jul. 29, 2010

Rivers Agriculture Society celebrated its 100th anniversary with the local Agriculture Fair on July 6 and 7. History compiled by Dianne Kowalchuk tells that over 2,500 people attended the first fair in 1910. In 1916 a vicious June storm hit and destroyed booths and a stable was demolished and two weeks later another storm smashed

Summer Welding Project – for Jul. 29, 2010

Ahhh – morning coffee outside! And to set down that cup of coffee, why not pull out those old, “too good to throw out,” antique heat grates you keep storing, and weld up a lovely patio table. Table 1(top photo) This table was made of a large grate welded onto an old TV stand. The