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Adding Sunshine To The Garden – for Aug. 5, 2010

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I find the study of colour to be interesting. Interior designers – and garden designers – use colour extensively to create moods and to achieve specific effects. Much research has been done about how people perceive colour and what effect certain colours have on our feelings. Industry, including the hospitality industry, uses this research to
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 29, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Rainfall over the past week varied. Warm weather helped the crop advance, however rainfall kept many producers from haying until the weekend. Producers will start desiccating winter wheat towards the end of the week. Some fall rye has been cut. Some of the fall rye has been put up for silage and yields
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Crop Report – for Jul. 22, 2010

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SOUTHWEST REGION Spotty rainshowers over the past week resulted in varying amounts of precipitation. Earlyseeded cereal crops are filling and several areas are reporting high levels of leaf disease. Laterseeded cereal crops are tillering and starting to head. Earlyseeded canola is podding and has handled the excess moisture well. Later-seeded canola is in full flower
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Avoid This Plant

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Poison ivy lurks in many places so it’s most important to recognize it. It is attractive in all seasons, reddish in early spring, deep green in summer and shades of red, orange and yellow in autumn. Small, white, waxy berries form in late summer turning red later in the year. A good identifying feature is
Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Getting A Head Start

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If you’re thinking about getting a head start on 2011 by sowing winter wheat into some of those empty fields next month, now would be a good time to pick up some flax seed. Provincial agronomists say it’s one of the best options available to farmers looking to artificially create that all-important snow-trapping stubble needed
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Creeping Jenny For The Container

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You have a dilemma: you have not filled all of your patio pots and hanging baskets but your gardening/ plant budget is shot! This is a common conundrum faced by many gardeners as we near the end of the planting season. Where did all my plant money go and what can I do to avoid
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Late-Seeding Tips From MAFRI

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“Planting when the soil is too wet will lead to soil compaction, which can decrease yield much more than planting a few days later.” – MAFRI The later a crop is seeded the lower its potential yield, but Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) says there are things farmers can do to make the
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Butterflies: A Reminder Of Biodiversity’s Role

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Are nettles a thing of beauty? Every spr ing my mother bends over her flower garden yanking any greenery even slightly related to nettles. With a toss over her shoulder, these withering plants do not even get a parting glance. In her eyes these plants are downright ugly, even worse than quack grass. Who finds
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