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Easing Plants Into The Outdoors

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All summer long my geraniums are in full bloom but when the frost threatens in fall I have a decision to make. Do I leave them out to die or do I find a place for them in my house? I choose the most beautiful ones and find space for them inside. In the spring
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Our Top Dogs

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He appeared one evening at the gate to our farmyard. An incredibly skinny, rough-coated black dog, wagging his tail and begging for a home. We did not need another dog. We already owned five, and all had arrived the same way. But he was hungry, and how does one ignore that? He was soon fed,
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Succession Planting Of Vegetables

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I usually plant lettuce and radish every three weeks from April until August. Many gardeners look forward in the spring to that first salad made from homegrown produce, but most people continue to eat salads almost on a daily basis during the summer. There is rarely a summer barbecue or social event involving a meal
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Gardening With Hydrangeas

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Easy to grow and care for, they’re not troubled by pests or diseases and their blooms dry well. If I had to choose my favourite flowering shrub, hydrangeas would top the list. Their finest features are their attractive, fragrant, long-blooming flowers that come into bloom in midsummer and continue to do so for weeks. Easy
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Saving Dough On Bake Day

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With 52 years’ experience as a homemaker, I have come across several ways to cut costs in the kitchen. Granted, when it comes to saving money, the time it takes always has to be weighed against the amount you save, but there is the added bonus of homemade goodness as well as the assurance of
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The Road Less Travelled

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From time to time a signal is given and we circle the wagons for some local history from our guide. As Larry and I are getting our horses harnessed and ready for the ride Charlie loads up the essentials: fence stretcher, small spool of barbed wire, gas can and a chainsaw. There are going to
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Ask Reena

HI REENA, Can you please tell me how to reopen an envelope that was sealed too soon? I really enjoy your columns and hope to get your books very soon. Thanks. – M. P. M. P., Use a kettle or a small pot and boil water till it starts steaming to its maximum. Take the
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Overnight Sensation

Brown and grey surround us – will spring ever appear? The calendar says May, but cold and dreary persevere. We long for bright-green colours, blades of grass, new leaves too. This year patience is required; nature won’t be rushed by you. Then – finally – a rain, although it feels like snow. Two days later
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Farm Equipment Course Offered For Women

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“Assumptions are made that everyone should know how to run one of these things. But the reality is it’s not intuitive.” – GLEN BLAHEY, MAFRI PROVINCIAL FARM SAFETY CO-ORDINATOR Dawna Sloane smiles when talking about it now. But she wasn’t smiling then. It was fall and she was needed to drive the grain truck. She’d

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