Eggplants are used as vegetables but they are fruit or more precisely berries from the nightshade family. The eggplant is native to India and Pakistan but now it’s grown around the world. Its popularity has waxed and waned through the centuries. In the 12th century, the Spaniards thought it to be an aphrodisiac and called […] Read more
Farm Living
Harvesting hope – photo feature
Threshing crews from across North America set a new record for the “most threshing machines operating simultaneously” at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin, Man., July 31 during Harvesting Hope: A World Record to Help the Hungry. You can find more WP Harvesting Hope coverage here. Nearly 8,000 spectators watched as the massive threshing machines […] Read more
Ensuring food safety is key for successful home canning
The home canning of fresh fruits and vegetables is an old art that requires the precise use of modern techniques to ensure a safe quality product. Food pH is a measure of its acidity, with 4.6 or lower meaning acidity is high. A high acid environment inhibits growth of bacteria and other spoilage organisms, but […] Read more
Post-CWB stats show fewer elevators, more storage
The number of licensed primary grain elevators in Western Canada has dropped since the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk marketing mandate ended four years ago, statistics from the Canadian Grain Commission show. However, during the same four-year period, storage capacity at primary elevators increased by more than one million tonnes, the statistics suggest. According to […] Read more
Bruised bodies, egos part of cowboy culture, western heritage
MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — Marg Perrin watched as the bulls were loaded into the chutes at the Maple Creek Pro Rodeo in July. As a member of the Girls’ International Rodeo League in the 1960s, she participated in every event from bareback bronc riding to barrel racing to bull riding. “It only looks scary, but […] Read more
Enjoy blueberries in drinks, desserts
Summer is the season that gives us permission to do whatever makes us happy without feeling guilty for slowing our pace. I always look forward to kicking back in a lawn chair and embracing the environment. The lingering scent of flowers now in full bloom is my reward for planting in the spring. The outdoor […] Read more
Chickens come first, eggs will follow on layer hen farm
The goal is to provide a nutritious diet for hens and be rewarded with large eggs, stable markets
HAGUE, Sask. — For some married couples, living and working together would be too much. That’s not the case for Kaylin and Tyler Wiens, who spend every waking hour with one another on their egg farm located north of Sask-atoon. “It’s a pretty good life,” said Kaylin. “We feel very blessed to be able to […] Read moreAugust: time to enjoy the garden and learn from others
While keeping busy with late summer gardening tasks, take time to appreciate summer’s bounty before we slide into autumn. Breathe in the early morning fragrance, admire the fruits of your labour and photograph your yard so that you can repeat the good decisions next year and tweak the less successful. With the chill of autumn […] Read more
Asthma, not just a childhood disease
Sometimes it is due to allergies and sometimes it can prolong or extend the duration of a cough after a cold. Not everyone with asthma has acute attacks of wheezing or turns blue. At one time, asthma was an under-diagnosed condition, but the pendulum seems to have recently swung the other way. It can be […] Read more
Second marriages
That does not mean that you should not remarry. It just means that you might want to be more careful than you were when you got married the first time. You are more likely to succeed if both you and your boyfriend understand why your first marriages did not work. If either or both of […] Read more
