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When we are in a stressed state, any signal from our body, including pain, will be amplified.
Farm Life

Plagued by pain?

Fit to Farm: Here are some pain-relieving techniques that don’t involve medications

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Pain of varying forms is a natural part of life. However, it shouldn’t be a constant intrusion for any length of time. Acute pain is typically a response from our body to a real or perceived threat to our survival. This means it might be something literal like the pain that accompanies stubbing your toe […] Read more
Choosing not to talk or giving your family the silent treatment is a decision with painful consequences, as you don’t have input in the wealth transfer decision process.
Columns, Farm Life

Froese: Reduce family friction

How to get your non-farm siblings on board with your farm vision

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Are your aunts and uncles still talking to your farm parents? Do you have a broken branch of your family tree that has been severed forever due to estrangement? Would you like to have a healing story for your farm family transition with no drama? “The Farmland Dilemma: Help! The Siblings Who Don’t Farm are […] Read more
The Cook the Books competition featured one crepinette-like dish where flank steak was stuffed with mushrooms and chives, rolled up into a tube, seared, roasted, carved and served up sushi-style.
Farm Life

Up to the challenge

First We Eat: Canadian culinary students inspire at Cooks the Books competition

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When I arrived in Toronto in early November, I left winter behind. The skies were blue, the temperature a humid 23 C, about 40 degrees warmer than at home. My sister struck up the grill and I spatchcocked a chicken, rubbing it with garlic, fresh-cut thyme, spices and black olive paste. An hour later, we […] Read more
The Singing Santa belts out Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer before a live audience at the Jingle Bell Breakfast.
Farm Life

An Alberta couple meets The Singing Gardener

Plus the traditional Dutch recipe Boerenkool or kale with potato and sausage

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It was an outstanding occasion when I met two of my Grainews readers in early October. The rare event resulted from an earlier phone call to yours truly that eventually led to my face-to-face meeting with Jennie and Bill Van Straalen from Coaldale, Alta., east of Lethbridge. A story unfolds shortly including a recipe from Jennie.   The bulk of communications from […] Read more
If you want to build trust, you need to show care for the values of others, show up with competence and do your job well.
Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: Stop the micromanaging

Farm founders can have a hard time letting the next generation take charge. Here are some tips that can help

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Men and women who are farm founders must eventually let go of being the ultimate decision makers as they mentor the next generation to be the main farm managers. This is not an easy dance. They need to learn to let go of being in control of every part, however small the enterprise or activity […] Read more
Avoid driving pain
Farm Life, Practical Tips

Avoid driving pain

Stiff and sore after a long day in the tractor or on the highway? Try these tips to help you feel better

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Long drives are an unavoidable part of life on the farm or in the country. Whether it is long days spent in a tractor or driving across the Prairies, we often have to put our bodies in sedentary positions just by the nature of our lifestyles. Tension and pain in the lower body, spine and […] Read more
A patch of annual red poppies creates a brilliant, striking effect in the garden.
Farm Life

Commemorative red poppies honour lives lost and look great in the garden

Plus, who was Skookum Jim?

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Thanks again to faithful readers for joining me on the Singing Gardener page and a golden hello and handshake to first-timers. Welcome to Ted’s world of words. At times my subject material can go beyond strictly gardening and may also include matters pertaining to health and wellness, recipes, music, folklore and even something historical. For […] Read more
Garden star
Farm Life, Fruit/Vegetables

Garden star

Eggplant can be delectable but it takes a bit of know-how to cook it properly

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Like many Prairie children of central European extraction, my early experience of eggplant was erratic, error-prone and anything but remarkable. My mom never mastered eggplant, which she’d encountered on her European travels — on her return to Canada, she dutifully did her best, slicing, dredging, frying. But the true nature of eggplant never emerged in […] Read more
How to reinvent your farm life as you age
Farm Life

How to reinvent your farm life as you age

Mind Switch could be a good place to start

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Harvest is in full swing on our farm, and I am not there — for a few days. Where is it written you cannot leave the farm during harvest? (Answer: on almost every page of the unpublished book, The Culture of Agriculture.) If you are one of the 2,800 folks who have stumbled upon “Finding […] Read more
The Earliana heritage tomato was introduced in 1900. Large, red, blemish-free fruits ripen mid-season, weigh eight to 12 ounces each and are perfect for slicing or canning.
Farm Life, Fruit/Vegetables

Hippocratic medicine — much still applies today

Plus, a recipe for fried green tomatoes

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The green medicine movement continues to advance. Have you ever given consideration to starting your own home green pharmacy medicine chest? “Your food shall be your medicine and your medicine shall be your food” is a time-honoured statement from the Greek founder of Western medicine, Hippocrates, which is as valid today as it was way […] Read more

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