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Five tips for eco-friendly gardening

Five tips for eco-friendly gardening

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The word eco-friendly can be used in many areas of our lives: at work, at home, at play. Being eco-friendly in all these aspects is quite a simple concept with incredible opportunities for creativity. The bottom line is eco-friendly is all about working with nature, not against it. As gardeners we play an ever-increasing unique
These stalks are not too thick so will be very tender.
Country Crossroads

Rhubarb season is almost here

There’s nothing better after a long winter than that first taste of rhubarb from the garden

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We all eagerly look forward to the first tastes of spring from our gardens, keeping our eye on the asparagus patch, the chives and that clump of winter onions. Another plant that we watch carefully for is rhubarb. There’s nothing more tantalizing than that first bowl of stewed rhubarb — unless it is a delicious
Ernestine Sepke holds up the tiny orange trees she’s started from seed from a Sunkist orange. The retired Glenboro farmer’s bright sunroom has many more tropical fruits growing in it.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Glenboro woman tends tiny tropical garden in her home

A south-facing sunroom on a Glenboro-area farm home sees a tropical plant oasis in rural Manitoba

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Ernestine Sepke doesn’t need to travel south in winter to be surrounded by orange, avocado and banana trees. They’re growing in her sunroom on the side of her Glenboro farm home. Some are so tall they’re brushing the ceiling. All were started from local seed — fruit bought at Glenboro Co-op. “I just stick them
Late radish may have to be protected from flea beetles.
Country Crossroads, Weather

Fresh garden vegetables — in the fall

With some planning and protection when needed some will produce well into October

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The peas and beans have long ago been pulled up, the corn is about done, and other vegetables are objecting to cooler temperatures and light frosts. Although we can’t expect the same quantity of vegetables from our gardens as in midsummer, we can keep quite a few producing well into October. A bit of planning
Fruits and veggies deserve more respect
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Fruits and veggies deserve more respect

Prairie Fare: Mango Salsa

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As I checked our family’s garden the other day, I noted the potential bumper crop of tomatoes coming our way. I recalled a scene from the season we built a raised garden bed. That year, I noticed a few partially eaten tomatoes on the grass outside the raised bed. Eating tomatoes right out of the
Tips on naturally recycling your kitchen wastes
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Tips on naturally recycling your kitchen wastes

Prairie Fare: Spinach Artichoke Dip (Slow Cooker)

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Julie, Julie, how does your garden grow?” people often ask me when inspired by my maiden name. Yes, that reminds me of the “Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?” nursery rhyme. Fortunately, people leave out the “quite contrary” part. Well, they usually do. This year, my garden has hosted rabbits enjoying buffets
women in a greenhouse
Country Crossroads, Local news

Women’s Institute focuses on food literacy

Gardening, food preservation and cooking come easy to its members 
so why not share those skills with others, say Woodmore WI members

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Last spring they planted an extra row of vegetables in their gardens to donate to food banks. This year, members of a local Women’s Institute are going an extra mile to teach others to grow their own. The Woodmore WI held the first of three planned gardening workshops last week, and hopes to bring participants
Leanne MacKay standing beside potatoes she has growing in straw bales. photos: Joan Airey
Country Crossroads

Garden flourishes in recycled square bales

You’ve heard of bale grazing. How about bale gardening?

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Leanne and Ed MacKay have found a new use for old square bales. They’ve turned them into a garden. The couple lives and gardens near Lake Wahtopanah at Rivers, which first of all meant enclosing their garden area within a 12-foot-high fence to keep the deer from feasting on their produce. “When touring Winnipeg Conservatory
a bunch of radishes and water cans
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Have your lawn and eat it too

This is a competition for those who prefer hoeing over mowing

The grass may not be greener on the other side of the fence — but the lettuce and beans might be, if Food Matters Manitoba has its way. It’s sponsoring the Manitoba Garden Makeover Competition to encourage more homeowners to start hoeing instead of mowing by creating an edible landscape. Balcony transformations are eligible too.

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