The just past year is coming to an end and the next just about to start its beginning.…
Bits and Pieces
They’re back
The phone rang quite early just the other morning. I’m an early morning riser, and I’d…
Markdale
It is not really of significant interest that triple 08 marks the date of this particular…
Eat your veggies
Everybody, eat up your vegies, herewith is the reason why. Forwarded to me from my Belwood,…
Hard-headed gardeners
Not often do I repeat what I have written previously. I believe this to be only the third time in…
Canada Day
Canada Day comes and Canada Day goes. It slips up on most of us and passes long before we realize…
Clawback I
It came, through the magic of email, from someone who has reason to be deeply concerned. It stems…
Kitchen gardens I
If your seed catalogue has not already arrived, now is the time that you get on the phone and ask…
Harassment
I was back up to my son’s family farm this past week for several days, and being an early…
Birthdays
Believe it or not, by the time this column reaches you I will be fast approaching another birthday.…
Changing times
The following letter, originally submitted by a concerned citizen, has been forwarded to me from…
Painting
Lately I have been busy painting. I’m staining the exterior of the so-called chicken house,…
Fall colours
Yesterday, to the day of this writing, I had the pleasure of a visit from my sister Shirley. She…
Bitchy
I don’t know whether it’s the creeping up of age that is making me a little…
Green green
Green, green, beautiful green – I love the many colours of green in the spring. It seems that…