Blogathon: a month in the river of life
Today begins the 2013 WordCount blogathon. I participated and finished for the first time last year. It was a challenging and exciting experience…
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OPIRG holds useful plant workshop this Saturday
This Saturday, June 1, 2013, Speed River Project will host an edible and medicinal plant identification workshop in Guelph. For more information and…
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Meet your dinner
It is becoming a common tradition for rural co-operatives to hold seasonal events inviting town and country people to reacquaint themselves with rural…
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Sorrel and oxalic acid
As a teenager I learned about sorrel and decided to grow it from the Sunset book How to Grow Herbs (1972). It says…
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How men’s spring knitting retreats make things better
I always find it hard to encapsulate what happens at men’s knitting retreats. Aaron Bush did a good job highlighting what we did…
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An exotic pigeon inspired this handspun, knitted shawl
Bath Time by Sue Demetriou Last year our local Guelph Guild of Handweavers and Spinners presented a show at Greenwood Quiltery‘s gallery, featuring…
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A bobolink sings in the city
Early yesterday evening while planting onion sets in the backyard, I heard a bobolink. It is such a joyful sound, more poignant in…
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Spring planting
I planted the garden today. This is the earliest I have ever planted tomatoes. It is a risk because chilly weather is expected…
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Time to plant potatoes
This year’s seed potatoes arrived in the mail this morning! I have to pick up some bales of straw and then planting can…
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Shedding light on celiac disease; seeking a cure
You can double your value this month. I have two articles in the May/June 2013 issue of Gluten-Free Living. One is based on…
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