What to do when things do not work out…

It’s summer, and you are wondering if this is the last season for you working on the farm because you are tired of chronic fighting. No matter how hard you have worked at trying to get along and make things work, sometimes the conflict situation cannot be resolved. You need to move on, realizing that […] Read more

Story of Saskatchewan

Michael Bartolf is a walking, breathing historical library. With shelves, countertops, tables and whole rooms stacked with books, magazines, newspaper clippings and self-made indexes to many of his collections, Bartolf is far beyond what one would call an avid collector. If you ask him about the history of Saskatchewan, he has over 300 community history books […] Read more



From the Farm: Make family time a priority

The value of a father’s influence while growing up is often not apparent till the child starts to look back on their life. Usually that doesn’t occur till a separation of some kind, hopefully not a permanent one, and the child realizes how much their father is a part of them. For a lot of […] Read more


Beekeeping 101 — Part 2

My husband Ron and I are new at beekeeping and this has been our first winter of keeping honeybees on the farm. As with the rest of our first year, there has been a lot to learn, and the bees’ resiliency never ceases to amaze us. We started preparing them for winter by leaving approximately […] Read more



Interest is high in water dowsing

June is the month of Father’s Day. We are also into the high tide of summer weather as daylight hours continue stretching to their limit. In the third week of this month we’ll experience the least hours of darkness and longest period of daylight for the entire year. Then a little further along comes that […] Read more

Tribute to mothers

Back in my younger years when I was a DJ among other things, I recall spinning those old 78 r.p.m. vinyl records and songs such as, “There’s No One Like Mother To Me,” and, “That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine.” Oh how easily those records would crack or break so they were always handled with […] Read more


Life’s secrets, according to you…

In my last article, I shared my feelings on postpartum depression. Mercifully my foray through the darkness was brief. My dark, twisted sense of humour is usually enough to make light of any situation; normally, I can find hilarity in the smallest of things. Let it be said though, the amusement of wanting to slam […] Read more

Blessing the mother-in-law you are stuck with

I wonder if you have picked out a card this year that says, “To the best mother-in-law in the world.” Mothers-in-law (MIL) are working hard on farms to mediate, meditate, and manipulate the family dynamics for better family harmony and a successful business. They usually are the brunt of many snide comments or jokes, which […] Read more