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Martha Bergman (front) was the visionary behind planting a garden in Winkler to create habitat for the endangered monarch butterfly. Members of the Winkler Horticultural Society and Winkler Art Gallery shared her vision. Also pictured are Betty Klassen (l to r) Margaret Penner, Tim Klassen, Valerie Harder, Sue Denison and Tanya Waino.
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Putting the petal to the metal

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A 500-lb. monarch butterfly is now featured in the newly planted butterfly garden next to the Winkler Art Gallery. The gallery is Winkler’s former water treatment plant

Planting a butterfly garden is a bit like hosting a party. You get everything ready, then hope those you invited show up. Members of the Winkler Horticultural Society are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of their orange and black attired guests to their own ‘garden party.’ This spring the group created a specially designed butterfly-friendly
The Klippenstein house barn, brought here in 1876, is owned by the Neubergthal Heritage Foundation. NHF board members Shaun Friesen (l-r), Ray Hamm, Norma Giesbrecht and Karen Martens are excited about the potential to raise cash for its restoration through a national crowd sourcing platform.
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Barn (fund) raising in the digital age

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This Place Matters is an online crowdfunding initiative of the National Trust of Canada helping spread the word so all Canadians can help save places that matter to them

Neubergthal has always known this place matters, and now it’s telling all of Canada why, in a competition of the same name. The place is the Klippenstein house barn, one of two of the original buildings of this southern Manitoba village, and hauled here, timber by timber by Mennonite settlers in 1876 after being dismantled
Photo of gloved woman hand holding weed and tool removing it from soil
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Gardening provides more than healthful food

It’s an undertaking that also provides stress relief and physical activity

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She weeded the garden in her Sunday clothes without getting dirty,” my husband announced to some of our friends. They looked at me to see what I was wearing. I think they glanced to see whether I had the “telltale dirty knees” of a gardener. My clothes and knees were clean. Why was I gardening
Ariel Gordon is trading food for poems.
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Peony for your thoughts?

Food-for-art exchange aims to change how people think about food and poetry

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Ariel Gordon has a proposal for you. The Winnipeg-based poet and urban edibles aficionado is offering to write an original poem in exchange for food as part of her Poetry Barter Project, which is in its second season. Last summer she bartered for dandelions, lilacs, rhubarb, nasturtiums, hyssop, deer sausage, grape leaves, zucchini flowers, cherries,
Livestock breeders and “Dairy don’ts”
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Livestock breeders and “Dairy don’ts”

Our History: July 1887

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Livestock breeders advertising in the July 1887 issue of The Nor-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller included the Binscarth Stock Farm (C.L. Smellie), Beresford Stock Farm in Brandon (J.E. Smith), Chas. H. Fox & Co. in Winnipeg, Breeze Lawn Stock Farm (Sharman and Sharman) in Souris and O.P. Skrine and R.H. Skrine of Grenfell — now
A Finnish company is set to build food production systems inside shipping containers.
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Finnish firm produces shipping container farm

Exsilio says its turnkey solution will let commercial kitchens and restaurants produce peak ingredients on site

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Call it a garden in a box. Exsilio, a Finnish company, has developed a high-tech solution for cultivating crops like salads and herbs in urban environments. Its EkoFARMER system is a modified shipping container, stuffed with growing equipment. “Our solution is ideal for restaurants and institutional kitchens wanting to produce their own fresh ingredients,” Thomas
There were four elevators at Elgin when this photo was taken in 1981. The 30,000-bushel elevator in the foreground, built in 1928 by the Canadian Consolidated Grain Company, had two balloon annexes and fertilizer shed when it was sold to United Grain Growers in 1959. It closed in 1985 and was demolished. The 50,000-bushel Manitoba Pool elevator and annex beside it dates from 1926, while the side-by-side Paterson elevators in the background consisted of a smaller one built here in 1923 and a larger one brought from Wakopa in 1966. The Paterson elevators were sold to Pool in 1981. The following year, the smaller one was demolished as the larger one was renovated extensively and a modern crib annex was built beside it. Today, only the former Paterson elevator and its annex remain at the site, in private ownership.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: June 2017

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
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The longest day of the year comes, and goes

The Jacksons from the June 29, 2017 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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Rose Jackson looked up from her section of the newspaper and turned her head to peer out of the kitchen window. “Well, what do you know,” she said. “It’s the longest day of the year. Already.” Andrew looked up from the sports section and followed his wife’s gaze. “Winter is coming,” he said. “No no
You can dress up the old favourite beef burgers in a new way, or try something completely different too.
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More burgers more often

Summertime is burger time and the variety can be almost endless

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When the days are long and the sun shines bright, burgers with fresh seasonal veggies and endless salads are the way to go. And with so many variations available, it’s easy to enjoy a different burger every week. But, if your family is like mine, they may be hesitant to try new burger recipes for
Star Mound School with pioneer dedication monument.
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Celebrate Canada’s past — visit Star Mound School

Located in south-central Manitoba the school is one of the oldest remaining of its kind

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Recently, my husband and I visited Star Mound School in the south-central part of Manitoba, which now operates as a museum. It is located northwest from the village of Snowflake (GPS co-ordinates N49.05975 and W98.72491). Also called Nebogwawin Butte and Merry Dance Hill, Star Mound is thought to be a glacial moraine from the time

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