Have you ever looked at the soil in your garden and considered it as anything more than soil? If not, you should – there is a lot more there than meets the eye. It performs many functions that you may not be aware of and having good quality soil in […]
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When the 2022 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule was released last year, the mid-July stop at Clayton, New York and the St. Lawrence River caught my attention. Having been to this venue a few times in recent years I had seen first hand that it is one of the top smallmouth […]
To be honest, I am a little bit stressed out and sad about the lack of hay I have made. I held off cutting until Friday night because we had three inches of rain at my place Sunday and Monday. The tires of the tractor are still wet going across […]
Oceans of vibrant, fluorescent yellow fields of Canola often fill the landscape of Saskatchewan and Alberta as far as the eye can see. Locally, and through much of southern Manitoba, the fields of Canola are just coming into bloom. This year farmers planted 21.4 million acres in Canola. That is […]
I am on my way home from my long journey to Churchill – The Great Northern Adventure, I am calling it. It has been an adventure for sure, with a few twists and turns to keep things interesting. I’ve learned a few tips that I’m going to write down in […]
My first train trip was fifty-seven years ago. From Winnipeg to Vancouver. I was ten years old. I don’t remember many of the details of that trip, but the journey was the highlight of our family’s adventures. I know we boarded the train late at night, my sister and I […]
Friday gave all Canadians a lesson in telecommunications and its fragility. Our phone book of district listings has shrunk to become just a fraction of the listings it was ten years ago. Instead of one phone listing in our homes, which has disappeared as district residents have moved to cell […]
We are all happy that we have more hay to cut this year, but now the weather needs to co-operate to allow us to get it baled up! Last week, the hay was not drying quickly at all, and I was very frustrated. Finally, by Friday was able to bale […]
Castin’ for Cash was enjoyed by all last Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9. When the final fish were weighed, the top three teams were Jeff Bragg and Ross Steele, followed by Jeff Kreger and Brayden Kreger, and third place went to Brian Gustafson and Bryan White. The biggest […]
Baseball all-star games and I go back a long way. One of them was my first date…but don’t tell my wife. I was 11. For whatever reason, a neighbourhood girl of the same age agreed to accompany me (and my chaperoning uncle) to a game so thrilling that the only […]
In my day to day activities, you could probably call me a professional truck driver instead of a professional angler. Over the weekend, with the help of my wife Shelby, we drove from Kenora to Clayton, New York for a Bassmaster tournament this week on the St. Lawrence River. It […]
Whenever I hear of or discover a great gardening tip I like to share it with my readers and you can be sure that I never provide a tip unless I have tried it first. 1. Two Crops – One Planting Sometimes you can get a second crop from some […]
