This husband and wife team find that they take different approaches when it comes time to clamber into the combine
When it comes to combining, my husband is from Mars and I am from Venus. We share a love of the activity because it represents the culmination of all we have attempted to do with our crop throughout the growing season. From planting to harvest, we have looked at the crop enough times to decide […] Read moreStories by Beverly Biggeman
Victory Garden expresses hope for the future
Farm couple plants their garden as a reminder that someday they will again enjoy social and workplace activities
Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic will be a victory for many Canadians. The co-operation of all levels of society and the collaboration of individuals has been remarkable. When my partner and I moved back to the farm in Saskatchewan in early April, we were still in the midst of numbers, protocols, and a collective angst regarding […] Read moreSketching technique helps readers finish tough books
With the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing the new norm, many people may find the opportunity to tackle books that have long been on their reading wishlists. My husband and I came up with a technique that may help some people get started and work their way through the books on their list. I started […] Read more
The vocabulary of combines
Finally, at age 67, I have found my niche in life: combining. I love everything about it, I am reasonably good at it (still have a lot to learn); and it takes place in my favourite season — fall. Combining is the realization of all the hard work that has gone into the year’s cropping, […] Read more
Beekeeper hopes to help boost population
Saskatchewan farmer also began raising bees as a way to reduce the amount of white sugar that her family consumed
Autumn in the country is a season that can stir emotions. Getting the crop in is a sure sign of progress, sending children off to school is a welcome task and taking up winter work blends together in a fall routine for many farmers and ranchers at this time of year. Lisa Peters from Burnham […] Read more
Light-hearted fun helps ease stress
Community spirit was alive and well in the Burnham farming district east of Swift Current, Sask., this fall. Harvest time involves long hours, irregular meals, and anxiety, but there are still times when you can laugh and enjoy the camaraderie of a shared experience. When Bob and Bev Horne finished augering the last bushel of […] Read more
Confessions of a botched seeding job
The writer spent a decade growing confident in the seeder, and then came this year and everything went wrong
After 10 years of helping my partner, Bob, on the farm in southern Saskatchewan, I thought I was getting pretty good at the seeding and harvesting parts of the operation. I did not grow up playing with trucks and tractors in the sandbox, even though I did grow up on a farm. Operating seeding equipment, […] Read more
Sask. family says goodbye to original farmstead well
For the last 50 years, members of the Horne family have been avoiding going near the 100-year-old blacksmith shop that housed the original well on their farm near Swift Current in southwestern Saskatchewan. The earth in one corner of the shop had collapsed over the years, exposing the wellhead and leaving the family wondering about […] Read more
