Clematis wilt is a major disease of clematis and one that is feared by most clematis growers. But before you panic, you need to determine if your plant definitely suffering from clematis wilt? Most people think they have this disease in their garden when actually they don’t. A clematis can […]
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My two sons work from home. Prior to the pandemic, they would commute to their offices and work from there. Both have saved thousands in commuting costs and business clothing. In Canadian cities and towns across Canada many are now working from home attending to the lockdown orders from provincial […]
This deserves an annual reprise. The yellow darlings popped out along every south facing wall in town a couple weeks back. I always picked a bouquet of the first ones for my late wife Norma, the Pearl of the Orient. It is a fond memory. So, it’s that time of […]
I am a curling fan. Always have been. The only thing I watch on television is curling and the rest of the year the television sits idle, and I occasionally wipe the dust off it. I used to watch tennis, and if I am being honest, I do sneak a […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin Correspondent
Devlin Correspondent
The 2020 Senior Of The Year is Arlene Rea. Every year our municipality asks for residents to put in their choice of a senior they feel contributes to rural area. Before Covid, Arlene served lunches at the Emo Hospital Cafeteria for people that live in the Golden Age Manor apartments, […]
Last week they opened the Covid Shot booking to 50 + and I am booked! Though I had a bit of a wait to get through the person on the other end of the line was extremely friendly and helpful. I made it a point to tell them him how […]
The clematis vine is an all around winner for the garden. It is a climbing vine with many varieties that are hardy in this zone and is a prolific grower each season in this area. It is an attractive plant when it is just a vine of leaves but the […]
The Bassmaster Elite Series season was back on this past weekend in Alabama at Neely Henry Lake, an impoundment on the Coosa River. This body of water was a new adventure for me and one that I had never seen before last week. Strong storms with heavy rainfall last week […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
The Golden Age of Cerebral Coaching in Montreal lasted 947 days and, like many golden ages, it became a snapshot easily forgotten. It was unrecognized then and perhaps preserved only in the memory of a sports writer who knew all three. Gene Mauch. Scotty Bowman. Marv Levy. From January 25, […]
We pass by it all the time in the produce section, but when not being used as a garnish or a minor ingredient, what else can we do with parsley?Parsley is botanically called petroselinum crispum. This is derived from the Greek word petros, meaning stone, as it was often found […]
What a difference four days make. Rain Thursday night, a little more on Friday and then lots of heat Saturday and Sunday and my lawn has become a dark green mass of growth. My flowering crabs are bursting forth with lots of deep red buds ready to transform into a […]
Ah spring. The grass is green and the mower is just begging to be fired up. The grass on the golf course is also green and the golf cart is ready to roll. The water on the river is sparkling, the outboard is fueled, the minnow bucket filled, and that […]
