This is what happens when we have summer-like weather in March–we pay for it with snow and miserable weather. Mind you, we only had a light dusting of snow at my place but Fort Frances saw a couple of inches. Nice to see the sun out again and I’m hoping […]
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By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Do you know how much phosphorus and potassium is leaving your fields during a rotation? Are your nutrient reserves slowly being depleted as average crop yields increase? The answer to these and many questions is just a click away. In a rotation of silage […]
Auditor General Michael Ferguson tabled a scathing report in Parliament last week that said the Harper Conservatives did not conduct an open and fair selection process for replacing the aging CF-18 fighters. It also noted the government did not know how much the new F-35 would cost when it was […]
There is some thought today that computers, smartphones, iPods, and iPads have isolated people who seldom talk with each other any more. There are now more cellphones in the world than there have ever been landlines. In some households, the landlines have disappeared and all that remains are the cellphones […]
Last week, our region’s tourism industry was blindsided by news that the three provincially-funded tourist information centres in our region would close permanently this spring. This decision is unacceptable, misguided, and needs to be reversed immediately—and I am fully committed to fighting this decision using all means necessary. The Ministry […]
On Saturday, my college kid and I filled 126 plastic eggs with goodies and hid them outside in the farmyard. The little peppers and their moms, along with my parents, were expected for Easter dinner that night and the first-annual “Granny’s Easter Egg Hunt.” Easter this year was an extra […]
Spring is such a wonderful time of the year! As I write, the birds are warbling, the sun is shining, a stray crow is cawing, the trees are greening, the doors are open, and my back door flower garden is aglow with color–pink hyacinths, yellow pansies, purple phlox, and bright […]
By Melanie MathiesonThe Gardening Guru
The way that the SIJHL final, not to mention the regular season and “showdown” series, has gone between the Fort Frances Lakers and Wisconsin Wilderness, it sort of seemed destined the title was going to come down to a seventh game. That is exactly what will be taking place tonight […]
Most of us are accustomed to think of owls as large birds, hunting in the fields or the forest.But there are little ones, too, and some are very small, indeed. The first one is the Boreal Owl, which is just about the same size as a robin. It doesn’t have […]
By Gary Sliworsky
Ag rep, Emo
Ag rep, Emo
“When can I start my cattle on pasture?” is a question that runs through everyone’s mind as spring approaches. If you turn cattle out too soon, the grass will not support the livestock. Once the grass is set back at the beginning of the season, it will be less productive […]
Now that the ice is out on just about all the water across Sunset Country, anglers are itching to get into their boats and start catching some fish after another long winter. Long winter is a relative term. I know we had it pretty easy over the past few months, […]
