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Preventing Blight On Your Tomatoes

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CAN YOU RELATE TO THIS? I long for ripe tomatoes, Not just in my dreams, Flea beetles munching all they can, The beauty of a home garden is that everybody gets a chance to grow tomatoes. Today, some Triple Ts; (Ted Tomato Tips) including one tip I’ve never shared before. EARLY AND LATE BLIGHTS … […] Read more
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“ T – for Feb. 7, 2011

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Two days after the meeting we painted the skating shack yellow and black and everyone said, ‘what’s going on here?’” If you ask what’s going on in Scandia, you’re going to get a rather lengthy answer. And most of it will revolve around bees. The 125 townsfolk of Scandia, Alberta have hitched their hopes and […] Read more
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Not Just Horsin’ Around

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Winston Churchill once said, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of man.” Carol Marriot would enthusiastically agree. Ravenheart Farms, her Equine Assisted Learning &Retreat Centre near Humboldt, Saskatchewan is based on the healing, nurturing and teaching power of horses and her care and compassion for her […] Read more
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One Potato, Two Potato, Three…

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Want to try All Red or German Butterball this season? Seed is available along with numerous other potato varieties such as Pacific Russet, Irish Cobbler and Dakota Pearl from Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes, Box 70, Bowden, Alberta, T0M 0K0. Phone 1-877-224-3939 for a 2011 print catalogue, or visit their website www.seedpotatoes.ca where you can view […] Read more
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Avoid The Mistakes Farmers Typically Make

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I smile knowingly as I read the farmer’s checklist; he wants to “avoid the mistakes farmers typically make” in succession planning. I don’t pretend to have the exhaustive list, but in eight years of coaching I have seen many scenarios that you don’t want to repeat. What mistakes? Poor self-care. Your body is not a […] Read more
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Pacing Through The Overwhelm

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Some of you who took the last column to heart may have attacked your farm offices to tidy them up, get organized, and now have a beautiful space to work in. January is typically the month when we are encouraged to pick new goals, write them down and be transformed with new habits. For 2011 […] Read more
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Champêtre County — A Taste Of The Old West

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In 1989, as a way of generating extra income for their grain farm near St. Denis, Saskatchewan, Thérse and Arthur Denis decided to open their farmyard as a “Western experience” destination. They built an Old West-style saloon and offered home-cooked meals, entertainment, and horse-drawn sleigh rides for groups, and held day camps for visitors who […] Read more
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Rediscover What Real Food Is All About

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A friend, who wishes to be anonymous, forwarded me this tweet before Christmas. “The most powerful resource in the future is not coal, oil or minerals: It will be food! America, wake up and prepare. Can you grow food?” We, as farmers, have vast opportunities just outside our doors to take up this challenge and […] Read more
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Questions For Reena

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Hi Reena, I have some kind of frosted glass in my pantry door. The one side is plain glass but on the inside it is frosted. I can’t seem to get normal, everyday, kid spills off of the inside of the door (chocolate milk for instance). Any suggestions? — Thanks, Cindy Hi Cindy, I’ll tell […] Read more

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