Wildflowers For The Home Garden

Wildflowers are one of Mother Nature’s loveliest gifts. In the home landscape they are ideal for creating colourful beds and borders, as well as offering a lower-maintenance alternative for large areas or for replacing turf grass. A garden of wildflowers offers several benefits to both the gardener and the environment. Once established, wildflowers require less

Research Project To Focus On Agricultural Waste

CleanFarms has received $25,000 from the governments of Canada and Manitoba to examine how best to collect and responsibly manage agricultural waste generated on farms. CleanFarms research will identify the types and quantities of waste paper, plastic and other materials generated by Manitoba farmers. The industry stewardship organization will then look at potential options for


Fall Garden Cleanup Tips

As gardeners, we never want the gardening season to come to an end. But we must welcome the coming cold months by preparing our gardens for winter. Follow the tips below for a few good basic steps in preparing your beloved garden for the coming chill: Dig up tender bulbs for storage until next year.

One More Recycling Idea

We all know about the benefits of reusable shopping bags, using refillable water bottles and using washable plastic containers for lunches rather than throw-away sandwich bags. At craft fairs I’ve even seen beautiful jewelry items and wind chimes made from old sterling silver cutlery. Good ideas, all of them. Garage sales are another great way


Wasteful water use challenged

“Canada is the only country I know of that hasn’t banned 13-litre flush toilets.” – DAVID BROOKS David Brooks wants us to stop flushing good drinking water down the toilet. The keynote speaker, at the Manitoba Conservation District Association conference talked at length about water conservation and following soft paths for water use. Brooks serves

Helping reduce water use

Manitobans could save at least 80 million litres of water annually and households would collectively cut their water bills by $2 million under the new WaterSmart Manitoba program, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick has announced. “We want to leave a legacy of abundant, clean water to the next generation,” Melnick said in a release. “Our