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 […]
Columnists
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 […]
Spring, glorious Spring! I’m channelling Oliver Twist when he sang “Food, glorious food,” in the musical Oliver, my arms outstretched as I spin around. Are you familiar with the musical? Don’t worry, if my neighbours could hear me, they too would tell me to pipe down. We all need Spring. […]
My mom was disappointed that she couldn’t find “Moos” in last week’s paper. So, I start to trace back to last week; “did I write it?” Yup, I could remember writing it because I was talking about our Cattle Sale. Next thought: “did I send it in?” That I couldn’t […]
Henry Miller
Tales from the Wild
Tales from the Wild
Sixty years ago naturalists were alarmed to see that the bluebird populations were drastically declining. Two invasive species, the house sparrows and the starlings were driving the bluebirds away and nesting in the limited numbers of natural cavities found in trees and fence posts where the bluebirds themselves liked to […]
Our community welcomes the Schraa family to our area. Dave and Ceri along with their children Mac, Grace and Taylor have recently purchased the farm of Larry and Linda Lamb. The family will be the Purity Seed Ltd distributors, taking that over from Larry Lamb. The family is moving from […]
One of the best parts about living in Sunset Country is that we are fortunate that there are always open fishing seasons for some species of fish. Of the most popular sport fish species, the walleye season closes for a month in the spring, musky season is closed from the […]
Container gardening is very versatile and rewarding. You can purchase containers in many materials or you may have something around the house that could be an interesting planter. You are only limited by your imagination. Make sure your container has a few holes in the bottom to ensure good drainage. […]
