By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo There is still plenty of snow around but it’s always good to plan ahead. The following is Part 1 of an article on frost seeding dealing with time of seeding, equipment, and site selection: Frost seeding is used to improve productivity and forage quality […]
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I threw myself into deep snow on Saturday and lay there for 20 minutes in the silence of my neck of the woods. I had just finished snow blowing, and I was tired and once again drained of any enthusiasm for winter. In fact, I’d had a run in with […]
Last week in Ottawa saw the celebration of International Women’s Day, the hosting of a briefing with officials from FedNor, and the release of some “interesting” spending estimates by the Harper government. Since 1977, member states of the United Nations have celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 each year. […]
Are you feeling winter-weary? If so, then you need your inner child recharged and I can’t think of a better way to breathe life into your sagging soul than attending an Al Simmons concert. If you are as poorly-informed as me, then undoubtedly you will pull your eyebrows together and […]
When I first arrived here a couple of years ago, one of the very first columns I wrote was about the continuing debate over whether there should be a Northern Ontario rink competing at the Tim Hortons Brier. At that time, there was a lot of noise about having the […]
As I sat down to write my Moos column on Monday, it was 2 p.m. and I still hadn’t tackled all my morning duties. That’s right, Maddie and Marlee are here! They are busy draggin’, playing, wrestling, and having a few fights every now and then. My phone and e-mail […]
When asked, I rarely tell people my age. Not that I mind people knowing how many birthdays I’ve had, but it seems to me that my chronological age doesn’t say much about me as a person. My assessment is that my hair is the colour of a 70-year-old, I laugh […]
Van Morrison is singing “School of Hard Knocks” as I stare at my laptop screen dumbfounded at the blank page that is idea-deprived. I do have material to call upon for inspiration, including “Better than Sex–Chocolate Principles to Live By,” followed by the tried and true Mark Nepo and Melody […]
This past week, MPPs debated a Progressive Conservative bill that would impose an across-the-board wage freeze on all public-sector workers. I am not opposed to the concept of wage freezes, in the right situation. But they need to be fair, make financial sense, apply equally to all, and be done […]
I went to a fiction-writing workshop this past week. I sometimes wonder why I go. It’s not as though I think the workshop leader will say something profound, and I’ll leap out of my chair with my arms thrown over my head and shout, “Oh, if only I had known.” […]
Inside retail businesses, the inventory is changing. There’s still snow on the ground but swimsuits and colorful skirts, tops, and shorts are finding their way into store windows. In hardware stores, barbecues are popping up right in front of you as you walk through the doors, as are seed stands. […]
March has arrived; the days are longer and the sun is warmer. We slowly are putting winter behind us. Still, I was on the phone Monday with many from the west and it sounded like March’s lion was hitting them quite hard. I’m crossing my fingers that we miss it. […]
