Alma Copeland

As I sit down to write this column, I hate to tell you that it is my last one. I’ve decided it is time to retire. I am leaving you, hoping for more time to pursue other activities. I was a new grandma when we started writing the column 14 years ago. I remember taking […] Read more

Life is full of surprises and that includes gardening. This summer, I had a border of alyssum around a flower bed in the front yard. The little white flowers bloomed all summer until one August day when I was surprised to see only green, with no white flowers. They had suddenly disappeared. On inspection, I […] Read more

Twenty people made 200 pies in about four hours for our local fundraiser. A few hours later, the fresh, uncooked pies were all picked up and whisked away to ovens and freezers. There was quite a bit of work done in advance. Saskatoons were picked at a U-pick farm, rhubarb was gathered from several yards, […] Read more

Happy Halloween to all our readers. I look forward to all the little painted faces coming to the door. In preparing for the trick or treaters, I enjoy making popcorn balls and puffed wheat cake. If we lived in a larger centre, I wouldn’t be able to do that because the children would be afraid to […] Read more

During the last couple of weeks, some rain has fallen in our area. It is too late for the crops but will hopefully do some good for next year. In 1988, our combines never left the yard and we hoped and thought that might be a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. We were wrong as it has happened again in 2002, […] Read more