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Reply from Albert Parsons

Geraniums hold no mystery Or so I always thought. But I gazed in wide-eyed wonder At this one peculiar pot. Two different types of blossoms One single stem — unbroken One-half Patricia Andrea Blooms never fully open. The other just a regular Now here’s the fascination No bees or breezes in the room To induce
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Looking after an orchid

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Garden centres and retail shops were offering a great variety of orchids — most of them phalaenopsis or moth orchids — during the pre-holiday season because they make such great gifts. If you received one as a Christmas gift or if you purchased one as a gift to yourself, you might be wondering how to
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Non-farm home grounds award

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A Minnedosa, Manitoba gardener won the Fort Distributors Ltd. Shield for Best Country Non-Farm Home Grounds — District Four in the Manitoba Good Roads 2011 Home Grounds Competition. The award will be presented to Erna Stemmer at the association’s annual awards banquet in Brandon in April. Erna’s garden is located just south of town in
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Darker Days Coming

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Every house has one a dark corner set well back from any windows and crying out for some live plant material to make it less dreary. In my wife s and my north-facing living room we have just such a spot where a table sits in the corner farthest from the window. Few plants will
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Time To Dig Carrots

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It won t be long before we undertake one of the last vegetable gardening tasks of the growing season harvesting the carrot crop. I always leave this annual task for a bright, sunny October day so that the job becomes a pleasant afternoon spent outdoors in the garden. My wife and I have a small-town
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Orchard Venture Proves Apples Are A Viable Prairie Crop

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After a 36-year banking career, Ed Clayton decided to become a farmer but instead of grain or livestock, he wanted an extra challenge. I just wanted to prove to people that you can grow good apples in Manitoba, said the 70-year-old as he guided visitors through his operation on Open Farm Day. In 1996, after
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Small Wayside Treasures

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We never missed our house once my husband and I had downsized and settled into our seniors condominium three years ago. When leaf raking or snow shovelling time comes around, we sit back smugly and smile. Them were the days& ! But summertime is a different story, and this past summer was no exception. Seeing
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Small Sunflower Crop Faces Competition

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The size and quality of Manitoba s sunflower crop is still very much up in the air, but the sheer lack of acres planted this spring will keep supplies on the tight side and should underpin the domestic market. Manitoba accounts for nearly all of Canada s sunflower production, and the provincial crop is currently
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Think Red In The Spring

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Most gardeners grow a few onions, whether they are multipliers to use in summer salads, sweet Spanish onions, the huge round slices of which grace many a burger in the summertime, or cooking onions grown from sets and stored for winter use. Fewer gardeners, however, seem to grow red onions, which I think is a
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Mountain Ash Tree

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If someone were to ask what my favourite deciduous tree is, my answer would have to be the mountain ash. Its display begins with the tree leafing out in May, and shortly after that its blooms appear clusters of white flowers that have a sweet, musky smell that wafts throughout the yard. Bees are irresistibly

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