Gentle On The Joints As Well As The Environment

There’s a lot to love about snowshoeing. Think of it as the winter version of hiking, except there are no mosquitoes! Hiking paths, familiar to you in summer, are new and different after the first heavy snowfall. You can enjoy the sparkle of the snow, the graceful silhouettes of the trees and the tracks of

Our Great Canadian Country Winters

A foggy night had spread lacy hoarfrost on every bush and tree and made the whole countryside look like a Christmas postcard. Many of us would not count winter as our favourite season – the cold weather, the piles of snow, the shovelling, the ice. Some avoid all this by moving to warmer climates for


What Is This?

A reader writes: I am sending a photo of a puzzle that my mother-in-law had in her possession. Years ago she asked me to take a picture of it to perhaps send to a magazine or newspaper to see if anyone could identify it. It was passed down to her with one of her parent’s

Great Idea For Using Up Fleece Pieces

Here’s another waste not, want not idea. This colourful and warm vest is made from small pieces of leftover fleece. It’s easy to make, too. Use a vest pattern without bust darts. From lining fabric, cut out vest. Sew side seams, leave shoulder seams open for easier application of fleece pieces. Place pieces of fleece,


Cattle Farms On Landscape Reach Recorded Low

Young Farmers’ Programming Funded STAFF Meetings, workshops and information sharing for young farmers by way of the Canadian Young Farmers’ Forum will get $1.2 million in federal support over the next four years. The federal government on Sunday announced its funding commitment to the CYFF, which Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the federal minister of state for agriculture

Staying Home Just Fine For Young Folks

SOURIS In the old days, growing up in a small town meant two things. First you got yourself a car, then when you reached legal age, you jumped in it and headed for the nearest big city at top speed. These days, following the lemmings over the cliff doesn’t seem like such a swell idea.


Great Home Cooking Inspired Swan Valley Farm Family’s Cookbook

RECIPE SWAP 3,000 copies in print today. Another on the way. It was at an August long weekend reunion that this large Swan Valley-area farm family started talking about creating a cookbook. The Hogg family had a wealth of recipes to share, with a mother who was indisputably the best of the best among home

Recipes Shared

BANANA OATMEAL MUFFINS Trinia Kell of Elm Creek sent us a nice package of recipes this week, including this one using oatmeal. 1 c. flour 3 tsp. baking powder 3/4 c. rolled oats 1-1/4 c. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 2 ripe bananas 1 egg 1/2 c. milk 1/4 c. oil 1 tsp. cinnamon Mix dry


Find Houseplants A Challenge? Try This One

One of the easiest and most forgiving houseplants that I know is a member of the genus Sansevaria. Although the plant goes by a number of common names such as devil’s tongue, snake plant and tiger’s tail, its most popular name is mother-in-law’s tongue. Its botanical name is Sansevaria trifasciata. Like many plants which have

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

If you think that “hog line” has something to do with pigs, that “house” is a program on television and that an “eight-ender” doesn’t even bear discussion, then you are obviously not a curler. People who understand the intricacies of this very popular winter sport have called curling “chess on ice.” And, there’s good news