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I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country – George Patton
I usually talk about this after some time into the article, but I have to praise the screenplay of the movie by Francis Coppola and Edmund North. I knew about Patton's war exploits in detail and the historical accuracy of this movie is remarkable. Just thought I should mention it.
What a riveting performance by George Scott ! I had only seen him in Dr. Strangelove before but I never really understood that he had the potential to give such a performance. Not once scene does he falter, not one scene. I have seen some of George Patton's real clips and I felt as if his living soul had taken abode in George Scott. Karl Malden was very good but there are some scenes in which he gets over-the-top melodramatic. Micheal Bates is horrible. i don't know why but he sucked very badly. Micheal Strong looks too much like Leonard Nimoy, okay so he freaked me out.
It is so uplifting to know that movies of such scale were made during the 70's. It feels very very real, believe me. But does the film drag too much ? Hell yeah. The film drags too much. Hugh Fowler won an Oscar for best editing for Patron. Why ? If I had been the editor of this movie, the running time would have been 143 minutes. I could have cut out numerous, numerous scenes. And there is a scene in which Patton says that the enemy army is going to attack from west because it seems the least probable to everyone. This are history defining events and he just makes decisions based just on his instincts ?
The score of this movie is awesome. Haunting music supplemented this movie very well and in the portions that I was bored, I listened to the superb score.
Patton is never deciphered. He keeps to compare himself to army greats. He fights with his own alter-ego. But the only explanation given is that he is a born to be army man. That was a tad unsatisfying.
But, the climax of this movie is very emotional. It felt just like Kill The Messenger. It was so sad that a hero so great went unsung in his life. It is partially Patton's own fault but still it is was an undeserved ending for the riveting genius.
Patton is a detailed sketch of the unsung military genius which is engrossing at first, but then a bad case of editing makes the movie a tad tedious, but George Scott's prodigious performance doesn't let us to take our eyes of the screen, yet the movie doesn't do complete justice to its running time.
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o you're up to your waist in harvested produce–apples, tomatoes, pears, and squash are piled on the kitchen counters. The dehydrator is running round the clock, and you're canning and juicing and freezing produce for winter meals. But wait, there's still planting to do – don't forget the garlic! Garlic is a high value crop that is very, very easy to grow - you just need to do a bit of planning.
Soil preparation My rule of thumb is to plant garlic on Thanksgiving. It's an easy date to remember and generally it's a time when I'm cleaning up the garden beds anyway and the hard frosts have not started on the coast. First, prepare your soil. Garlic likes sandy loam enriched with lots of rich compost or aged manure, and a good sunny 8
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exposure. Create a furrow about 3 inches deep and sprinkle some bone meal in the bottom. Rows should be approximately 8 inches apart.
Planting Start with good quality seed garlic. Many local farms have garlic for sale now, just check the local farmers markets and garden centres. Break apart the garlic heads into individual cloves. Do not remove the outside papery skin from each clove. Plant each clove, pointy end up, in the bottom of the furrow, about 5-6 inches apart. Cover the cloves with 2 inches of soil, and mulch well. Cover the planted area with at least 6 inches of straw which will help to suppress weeds as well as protect the cloves through the winter. No need to water the newly planted bed–leave it to grow through the winter. You may find the cloves will send up green shoots through the straw in late fall, but that growth will slow during the winter months. You shouldn't have to water a garlic bed until April or May, but this really depends on how much rain or snow we have during the winter and how dry the spring is. Just pull away some straw and check the moisture level of the soil below. You don't want a really wet soil for garlic or it will encourage fungal growth and rot.
Scapes Scapes are the curling flower buds of the plant. There are two schools of thought about removing or not removing the scapes. I remove them as I believe they take precious energy away from the developing bulbs, which is ultimately what we're after. So why not use them? Snap the scapes off when they complete one full circle. The stem is very juicy and tender and every bit of it is edible. You can use them chopped in stir fry, salad, or grind them into pesto. Store them in the fridge whole, or freeze ground scapes in cubes to put into soups later. There are many uses for this wonderful flower end of the garlic plant.
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Harvesting Stop watering your garlic bed in early June to allow the bulbs to cure. The bulbs are ready to harvest when half the tops have turned brown. In early-July test one bulb to ensure bulb development is complete. You should have nice round, firm, bulbs. Harvest the garlic by gently lifting from the soil with a garden fork – do not pull the garlic by the foliage to remove it from the soil. Brush off all the soil from around the bulb and let your harvest cure either hanging or lying in a single layer in a dry, cool, dark environment with good air flow for about 3 weeks. When the tops have completely dried, cut the bulbs from the stalks, leaving no more than 1 inch of stem above the top of the bulb. Store in a cool dry place and enjoy throughout the year.
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All over Vancouver Island, food is not going to waste – thanks to local volunteers
fruit left behind
by Paula Masyk
his has been a bumper year for fruit on Vancouver Island. Apples, plums, and pears are spilling off of the trees, into our kitchens, and eventually our ovens, freezers and lunch kits. There is such abundance that some of us have more than we can manage. Not everyone is able to harvest their trees, and others simply do not have enough time to process and preserve all that they have. Nobody wants to see food go to waste, but some of it ends up rotting on the ground, feeding only wasps.
It's hard to imagine, in the midst of this bounty, that anyone should do without. Yet local food banks always seem too busy with clients, and too short on donations. Droughts in food producing regions such as California are driving prices ever higher, not to mention the climbing costs of transporting food to the Island. Only 15 per cent of food consumed on Vancouver Island is produced here, with the remaining 85 per cent ferried in. It becomes increasingly important to manage what we grow. Fruit gleaning impacts all of these issues at once. Gleaning, historically, is the
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act of gathering leftover crops by the less fortunate. The Old Testament commanded Hebrew farmers to leave a portion of their crops unharvested for poor neighbours and strangers to gather for themselves.
Today, volunteer organizations have set up programs where backyard fruit is picked for donation to the pickers and local food banks. Here's how it works: 1) Homeowners with excess fruit contact the gleaning organization. 2) Volunteers, who want to pick and keep fruit, register with the organization.
3) The gleaning organization arranges for volunteer pickers to harvest the fruit. 4) The harvested fruit is divided between the homeowner, the gleaning organization, the pickers, and community organizations for people in need such as food banks. What struck me most, watching gleaning in action, was the strong community building that resulted from the program. It is magical to see how this process brings people together. Through common goals and the feeling of doing the right thing to prevent food waste, people meet, come together and interact.
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For details, visit: HallsGreenhousesBC.com Everybody wins. Pickers can include single parents, low income families, and many people who simply welcome the opportunity to get out, get moving and connect. Emergency food providers stock up. Homeowners get their fruit picked. Fruit gleaning is growing and there are many organizations doing it all over Canada, including many all over BC. On Vancouver Island, in 2015, Comox Valley Fruit Tree Project picked 24,000 lbs, Victoria Fruit Tree Program picked approximately 35,000 lbs, Nanaimo's Community Garden Gleaning Project picked 10,594 lbs and 10,772 lbs were picked by Cowichan Green Community's Fruit Save Program. By all estimates most of these groups are surpassing last year's numbers already, and it's only the beginning of September! Gleaning projects are almost always volunteer based and not for profit. If you are looking for a way to be involved with your community, score some fruit to preserve, or make some friends, give them a call and try it. Particularly needed are volunteer team leads. These are the superstar volunteers with a truck who can bring the ladder to the site if required, and drop off the picked fruit at its destination. Participation is always on a case by case basis and can always be restricted to areas and times of convenience for the volunteers. It isn't often that we run across something that has no down side at all. Fruit gleaning is one of those rare things. For the opportunity to be involved in these wonderful projects, contact the one nearest to you.
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the do's & don'ts of
laminitis L
aminitis can affect any horse, of any age or sex, at any time of the year and can be triggered by a variety of causes in any horse.
A painful inflammatory condition of the tissues (laminae) that bond the hoof wall to the pedal (coffin) bone in the horse's hoof, laminitis is caused by weakening of the supporting tissue within the hoof, leading to painful tearing of the support structure which suspends the pedal bone within the hoof.
The Dont's Don't put a laminitic horse on pasture – fresh grass is very high in sugar and/or fructans, especially in the spring, summer and the hottest part of the day. Don't feed oats, barley, corn, COB, grains or any other commercial grain feeds including extruded feeds – these (as well as grass) are all high in sugar and non-structural carbohydrates which increase blood sugar, insulin levels and cecal acids and toxins (leaky gut) – all major causes of hoof inflammation. Don't feed high fat feeds or added oils. While current popular opinion promotes feeding horses poor quality fats for "cool" energy and for lowering the glycemic index of forage and grain, fats and oils congest the liver and lymph system, slow down digestive transit time, impede nutrient absorption, contribute to leaky gut, have no nutritional value and increase cortisol levels which elevates blood sugar. Use caution with alfalfa. While the high protein levels in alfalfa will lower the glycemic index and stabilize blood sugar in SOME horses, excess alfalfa will exacerbate laminitic symptoms in most horses by contributing to a leaky gut and/or by increasing the deposition of acids into the hoof joints. Don't soak your hay for longer than two to three weeks – any longer than that could increase hunger and stress levels as the sugar and/or protein levels may become deficient. Any hay that needs to be soaked long-term to maintain weight or soundness is not an appropriate hay. Only soak hay for 40-45 minutes at a time.
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Don't starve the overweight laminitic/metabolic horse – this creates stress causing unbalanced insulin levels, increased cortisol production, poor immunity and an increase in hoof inflammation. Make available small amounts of forage 24/7 by using slow feeders.
successful program requires an appropriate feed program, well-selected nutrients, the correction of all underlying health problems, exercise and a professional barefoot trim.
Don't confine a laminitic horse no matter how sore they are – horses need movement and exercise to improve circulation and deliver nutrients to toxic and damaged hoof tissues. Let the sore horse decide how much movement he/ she needs. Metabolic horses with laminitis need sufficient exercise to regulate blood sugar levels and to reverse their condition.
Do read Healing Horses Their Way for an extensive resource of information on successful health programs for laminitis…and much more.
Don't use glucosamine products - glucosamine is a type of sugar that strains the liver and depresses insulin production in sugar sensitive, overweight and/or metabolic horses. Don't accept hoof pathologies as normal no matter what you are told: flaring walls, bell-shaped hooves, cracking, splitting, soft soles, flat soles, long toes, high heels, contracted heels and/or underrun heels are all abnormal and can be fixed with a suitable barefoot trim, exercise and an appropriate diet. Don't accept the label of "navicular" - this is an over-used term to explain unexplained hoof symptoms. Many cases of these so-called navicular cases are actually sub-clinical laminitis. Don't listen to well-meaning people or professionals who tell you that your horse won't recover from laminitis – they are misinformed.
Do practice prevention – good food, good trims, good exercise!
It Is No Longer Acceptable to Euthanize the Laminitic Horse – Ever! The Do's
to your own horses' feet.
Do feed horses a high fibre diet which may include suitable hay, beet pulp, certain seeds, wheat bran, wheat germ and/or fruit and vegetables. Fibre detoxifies the liver and hindgut, regulates appetite, lowers the glycemic index of all feeds and encourages weight loss. Do use slow feeders to lower stress levels, ease digestion and provide forage 24/7.
Do also educate yourself on sub-clinical laminitis which is the early stage where structural changes have occurred within the hoof without the horse being obviously lame or short in the stride. Nevertheless, these horses are tender in the front feet to varying degrees. It is a common cause of hoof soreness and yet is frequently not detected. It is often mistakenly thought to be arthritis, even in young horses.
Do treat horses for a leaky gut if present – hindgut bacteria, acids and toxins are a major cause of laminitis. Treatment programs include probiotics, herbal cleansers and specific nutrients.
Do know that the most common hoof nutrient deficiencies are selenium, silica and sulphur. These are all minerals which strengthen hoof wall, lamina and joint capsules.
Do treat horses for parasites if present – parasitic toxins exacerbate hoof inflammation and/or laminitis.
Do use pads, boots and/or casts temporarily to relieve pain and to encourage movement in all stages of laminitis.
Do ensure a proper barefoot trim for optimum hoof function. Educate yourself on what a healthy hoof looks like so you can make comparisons
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Do definitely know that laminitic hooves – without exception - can all recover. The Island Farm & Garden - October / November 2016
The Blue Hubbard squash is
Blue Hubbard Squash Soup
both beautiful to look at and
by Heather Kaye
to eat. While the colour is what designers dream of – an antiqued grey-blue shabby chic exterior contrasted with a creamy orange interior, it's the sweet-tasting flesh that really catches one's attention!
Ingredients: 1/2 pint heavy cream 1 dried bay leaf 1 or 2 fresh sage leaves 1/2 stick of butter 3 chopped carrots 2 chopped celery stalks 1 chopped onion 2 cloves garlic minced 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cayenne 2 cups (approx. 1/2 of a) Blue Hubbard Squash puree (can be substituted with other winter squash varieties including butternut, kabocha, or buttercup) 1/4 cup flour 32 oz chicken stock salt & pepper
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Quarter, seed, and roast the squash at 350 for an hour. When cool, scoop out the flesh and puree in a food processor. Yields roughly four cups. (As you only need half a squash for this recipe, freeze and save the rest for later). Steep bay and sage leaves in the cream by bringing to a boil, then reducing heat to low – leave it on back burner while you prep other ingredients. In a soup pot, melt butter and cook onions, garlic, carrots, and celery until softened. Add nutmeg and cayenne, salt and pepper to taste. Stir in squash and flour. Add chicken stock, simmer for thirty minutes and blend. Discard the herbs and incorporate the cream. Serve with a dollop of creme fraiche or yogurt. Serves 4-6.
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There is much to consider when inviting schoolkids to a working farm, but the benefits lie in the future
by Marley Cummings n this day and age, children are becoming more and more distanced from the tactile, salt of the earth reality we value so much here on the island and in our farming communities. Technology has come to a point where children as young as the age of 2 have their own iPads, and are capable of using them more competently than some adults! This can be a good thing, as technology encourages the spread of information that in the past was much more difficult to access. Unfortunately, this also means that some of the more traditional ways of learning and discovering are lost in a sea of touch screens and smartboards. Children need the opportunity to be a part of the farming and agriculture that is so crucial to our planets health. Without these important lessons, how can we expect the traditions of our own to survive on to the next generation? continued on page 16
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continued from page 15 Give our children the chance to be involved in exploring where food comes from, beyond packaging or the grocery store. One excellent way to do this is to host field trips on your farm. As a preschool teacher, I know we are constantly searching for way to enrich the children's learning, and this includes how to raise their awareness of communities as a whole and create an understanding of each factor in their lives. If we had the option to go as a class to a farm, and spend the day learning about local produce, livestock, and care for the environment, we would jump at the chance. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, here are a few tips for getting started.
Putting yourself out there
Make your intent to share the farming experience known to local schools and preschools in your area. Post on community websites, reach out to parents on the PTA board, and make a few trips to the schools with short informational packages.
Take seasonal changes into consideration
Plan your accessibility around times when the farm is the most productive and vibrant. Trips in late spring and early fall are the best times, for the school and for the farm. Creating an awareness of what produce is available and how long it takes for plants to develop from seed to final harvesting is a wonderful way to educate children on the work it takes to grow food.
Facilities and weather
Children need bathrooms! This is something you will need to plan for. Consider renting some portable washrooms for the day, and include a good sized area outside for handwashing, filling up water bottles, and eating lunch or snacks. A trip will commonly take about 3-4 hours, and kids will need plenty of bathroom and food breaks in between this time, especially the younger groups. When thinking about transportation around your farm, depending on how large it is, factor in the walking distance. There's value in exercise, but nothing is 16
more fun than a good old fashioned hay ride if you have the equipment. You may want to instill a rain or shine policy, or have a back-up plan for terrible weather. Flexibility is a necessity in this sense, as an incredibly windy and rainy day may not be fun for everyone.
Organizing a way for 20-30 children to get from the school to your farm and back again is a big undertaking. Spend the time to confer with teachers about how this will work. Bus scheduling and financing is crucial to making the day flow well. There are different options out there, and if it's a smaller sized group parents may even be open to carpooling.
This is a big one. Typically, a school's district insurance will cover them while out on field trips, but it is important to remember that teachers and parent volunteers are not included in this. It is up to you to look into your own insurance, and consider taking out a separate liability policy for your farm. Make sure that the
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school is aware of your coverage, and keep communications open to avoid any issues. If you would still like to be a part of classroom education about livestock and produce, but would like an easier option, you can always bring the farm to the kids. Preparing seeds and pots, or involving yourself in creating gardens for schoolyards is an excellent way to promote agricultural awareness and interest. Have chickens or ducks? Make incubation kits. The miracle of life is exciting and special, and teachers will jump at the chance to have these in classrooms. Any way you choose to involve yourself in the education of children in your community is positive and will be wellreceived. To care about the future of local farming and our environment is synonymous with caring for the youth of tomorrow. Young minds crave the stimulation of nature and the chance to get dirty!
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cowichan green
community notes
t's always with a warmhearted chuckle when we reminisce about the good ole days at Cowichan Green Community (CGC)–days all wound up by heated debates of trying to save the planet in a tiny 500 square foot office in Downtown Duncan with no bathroom and a ripped leather couch that looked suspiciously like it belonged back in the VW hippie van era. Stained carpets and beat up broken metal desks accompanied the subversive, understated
passion for a more food secure region that was held by the small but dedicated CGC team.
yogi, and a spin around the journalistic world led her to that grubby little office in need of some new fire and light.
focused programs, CGC is now the incredibly delighted parent of this amazing agriculture magazine.
Since those humble beginnings, when lack of funding, direction, time, or energy seemed to be enough to take it all down, Judy Stafford appeared as a somewhat mythical 'knighttress' in shining armor. Decades of fighting a good fight in the financial sector, years of standing on her head as a reformed banker turned
Fast forward nine years, CGC now proud owners of the smashingly beautiful downtown refurbished Phoenix hotel, turned affordable housing/ commercial building with an unbelievable 27 bathrooms, dozens of awards and accolades under the CGC belt, countless successful community-building food-
The entire CGC team has been enthusiastically contributing their shared knowledge, wisdom, and expertise into these pages and we are all looking forward to seeing how we can grow this educational tool together with you all. Stay tuned for more inspiring issues ahead – we CAN grow a more food secure place to live, work, play, and love.
Preserving Our Wisdom
unded by New Horizons for Seniors, a grant from Employment and Social Development Canada, Cowichan Green Community (CGC) is hosting 20 FREE food preservation workshops and 8 FREE community meal workshops over the next six months in Downtown Duncan. This project aims to teach or feature a variety of preservation techniques in an inclusive workshop environment including pickling, dehydration, and freezing, water-bath and pressure-canning. The unique spin is that all of these activities will be utilizing as much reclaimed food as possible. All workshops and community meal preparations include elder mentors who are present to share their wisdom and their skills with younger generations. If you are interested in becoming involved as a senior facilitator, to take part in classes, or wish to learn more about the program please visit our website: http://cowichangreencommunity.org/ project/preserving-our-wisdom. Space in these workshops are limited so contact Jennifer from the Cowichan Green Community to reserve your spot today! Phone: 250-748-8506, Email: email@example.com
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Incubator Seed Farm
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It'll be a hoot! Tour the new CGC Incubator Seed Farm Participate in a seed saving workshop Have a hot beverage, a snack and an engaging conversation
by Paula Masyk owichan Green Community started dreaming of an incubator teaching farm to incorporate into its local food security program structure in 2012. In 2015, the perfect site was provided by Municipality of North Cowichan on Beverly Street next door to Alexander Elementary School. The importance of availability of locally adapted seed is a growing issue. Droughts and rising transport costs threaten the island's precarious food supply. Sources of commercially grown seeds are becoming increasingly centralized which means we're increasingly dependent on fewer choices. What we can buy may not be what grows best here. In recognition of this need, the vision of the new site as the Cowichan Incubator Seed Farm was conceptualized in the fall of 2015, and quickly became a reality. The mission of the farm is to share knowledge and growing for seed and increasing access to regionally-adapted seed by producing varieties specifically suited to the Cowichan Region and Vancouver Island.
Saturday, October 22nd 1pm to 4pm
At the Seed Farm Located just east of Hwy 1 on Beverly St FOOD SECURITY! LOCALLY ADAPTED SEEDS! DIVERSITY! JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE
CGC is delighted to announce that September 2016 brought with it the dream come true, with the Farm Supervisor and the four Farm Interns busily gleaning the first of many seed harvests to come. The success of Canada's first Incubator Seed Farm is shared with our many generous supporters. Heartfelt thanks to the Real Estate Foundation, Island Coastal Economic Trust, Coastal Community Credit Union, Cowichan Valley Regional District, The Bauta Family Initiative on Seed Security, Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation, Drillwell Enterprises and so many others for making this project possible. Special thanks to the Municipality of North Cowichan for their ongoing support and their contribution to growing the future of food security in the Cowichan Region – stay tuned for an abundance of fabulous CGSeeds coming your way.
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by Cyle Serra Ceres Edible Landscaping
verything seems possible!" These very powerful words are how Andrea Kross feels when she is hanging out with her edible garden consultant - me. Andrea describes herself as always being a wannabe gardener. Dreaming of that summer where she can be braggadocios at the office, showing off her own grown salad filled with food that she grew. She was, however, constantly feeling overwhelmed by the physical and tactical requirements of getting her dream garden off the ground. One day she stumbled upon Ceres Edible Landscaping, a Duncan-based social enterprise of Cowichan Green Community specializing in helping people grow their own fruits, vegetable and herbs.
building soil fertility and installing small garden beds, perennial shrubs and trees. Finally, at the beginning of this summer, she was ready to plant her dream vegetable garden. Just like magic, ALAKAZAM, she had a bumper crop of tomatoes, peas, kale, spinach, carrots and beans. Thrilled by her new found green thumb, the self-described, wannabe gardener has become the latest zero mile diet diva. She says that the advantage of hiring Ceres as veggie consultants is that we "come in and do in a day what I was trying to do for a year or two." We've also helped her break some mental blocks by turning what she thought of as a "wasteland full of weeds", in to an "incredible veggie patch". Andrea is now planning her next installation which she hopes will have an edible floral labyrinth with seating areas and maybe even a water feature. Success of the garden kind!
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Island Farm & Garden - October / November 2016
small livestock for small
by Marley Cummings he fall fairs and exhibitions are behind us and there were many 4-H animals on display all over the island.
The ones that garner the most attention are usually the larger mammals. The horse shows and cow beauty pageants, sheep shearing and goat milking all tend to take center stage. But it's the smaller "livestock� that can be the most loved, especially by children who are eager to participate in these contests and shows alongside their older more experienced farmer counterparts. Guinea pigs can be a very fun and easy to care for endeavour for anyone who is interested in partaking in the fairs, or who simply wants a pet a tad more exotic than a cat or a dog. These furry little friends go by another name, the cavy, and are originally from South America. They can grow up to 10 inches long and weigh up to 2 pounds on average when full grown. Guinea pigs are a type of tail-less rodent, and their fur is multi-coloured and can be long and curly or shorter and straight. These creatures are friendly, cuddly and sweet. They are not known for
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Guinea pigs & bunnies are cuddly and great teachers for kids
being particularly smart, but they do recognize their owners and will seek out attention from them. They are social animals, and prefer to be in pairs or a small group.
having them lope around the house shouldn't be an issue in the way of waste pick up. Litter boxes need to be changed regularly to encourage good habits, so be aware that this is something that should be done every couple of days.
The way to keep Guinea pigs is traditionally in a large cage, with about 2 square feet available per pig. The bottom should be solid, and wood chips are great bedding. In their home, you should include lots of untreated wood for chewing, and a place for them to hide so they feel secure. These rodents love to play in food and water dishes, and can make quite a mess, so a good water bottle attachment and food dish is strongly suggested!
Bunnies are good pets for kids that are a bit older. They are timid creatures and can scratch or bite if they feel threatened. They do best in a home with children who can understand the calm demeanour necessary for handling these animals. The bond between your child and the rabbit can be a beautiful thing, and as long as there is mutual respect, the rabbit will behave accordingly and will enjoy the affection your child gives to him/her.
Rabbits The favourite smaller pet for children is of course, bunnies. These docile, gentle and intelligent beings make wonderful family pets, and are marginally less smelly then guinea pigs (don't tell them I said that!) Before you consider adopting a rabbit, you need to decide something that can change many factors: will my rabbit be indoor or outdoor? Indoor rabbits need a large area to roam around in. This can be a bunny condo, a puppy pen, or simply a room dedicated to housing your fluffy buddy. You will
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also need to be aware of any electrical wires or outlets, or other items surrounding their homes that could be potentially hazardous if nibbled. These guys need to chew, so provide them with an outlet that is safe and fun!
All your toilet papers rolls and empty cereal boxes can be used to create a cardboard castle, which is fun for kids to build, and great for keeping "Bugs" entertained.
If you would like to teach your children (or simply witness it yourself!) about the miracles of life, both of these animals are excellent for that. The gestation period is quite short, around 6 weeks, and you get multiple cute babies to fawn over. Due to the short life span, it is fairly easy to find loving homes for each baby, or if you are really into it, what's 6 bunnies or guinea pigs compared to 2! (just kidding, unless you want that number doubled in a few short months).
Rabbits can be litter trained, so
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Island Farm & Garden - October / November 2016
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bloom time The many microclimates on Vancouver Island make record keeping invaluable
by Chris Rozema
are highly selective.
all on the north of Vancouver Island came early. While we had some heat in August, rains, often torrential, came the last two weeks in some areas jeopardizing field vegetables like tomatoes and pumpkins by creating the perfect conditions for mildew and blight.
As we are beekeepers, we track two sets of data to help inform our decisions about our bee management. The first is a hive scale that records the weight increases and decreases of one sample hive in our home apiary. Weight increases are then correlated with our record of bloom dates in our area and a comparison year over year is maintained. Numerous have been the times when someone has said some bloom is "early" or "late" only to find when we look back that it is a day or two either side of the previous few years. I encourage you to, if you don't already, begin recording temperature or bloom dates in your area so you can, indeed, know if something is late or early.
Most of the island is a matrix of microclimates. While I struggled with rain at our little farm just outside of Campbell River, my colleagues just south of me in Merville and Courtenay/ Comox areas seemed to fare better. It is the reality of living and growing in the temperate rainforest and a saving grace for local food security. Many people I spoke to this year claimed this was a return to more "normal" kinds of summers experienced here unlike the hot dry summers of the past few years. What I do know from our record keeping is that our memories
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Record keeping of all types help the farmer, beekeeper, gardener to have a more objective comparison and allow us to tweak our plantings and better understand our local climates. They also provide an interesting historical record for future generations.
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implementation with a finer precision. Many other methodologies for determining your growing year also exist. Commercial farming, intensive farming, certified organic farming, ranching, mixed method farming, small scale farming, all rely on a knowledge of the environment in which those activities take place to produce whatever product is chosen. Biodynamic gardening/ farming developed from ideas of Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s, and emphasizes planting on astrological sowings. None of the methods developed by humans regarding the interaction between earth and food production are for everyone. But we all rely on an intimate knowledge of our particular areas weather and temperature cycles. I am very likely speaking to the choir here. Let's just back up our knowledge with some good data and counteract our very peculiar memories.
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chicken adventures Our farm to yours
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hen we began raising chickens, we did a little research and decided to go with an all-purpose bird - a variation of the Barred Rock that was supposed to lay well and be good eating too. As with many other multi-purpose items in life (like all-weather tires and Swiss army knives) they turned out to be quite a bit less useful than their singleintention counterparts like winter tires, and full-size scissors. To muddy the waters further, we also found frizzles and bantam breeds cute and introduced them to the flock, so we ended up with a bunch of cross-breeds who laid only sporadically and on the handful of occasions we gathered the courage to try eating a bird, found them 26
tough as bedroom slippers, even though I simmered them in a slow-cooker from dawn to dusk.
farm. We decided to keep "Auntie" - a frizzle-bantam who goes broody often and had raised most of the outgoing flock.
Once the flurry of spring laying was over, we were getting only 3 or 4 eggs a day from two dozens hens. Something had to be done, so we posted our flock on line and found a home for them nearby, from farmers who would keep a few of the nicer birds and process the rest. Next spring, we will purchase some excellent laying hens at point-of-lay. We're thinking of Rhode Island Reds (brown egg), Leghorns, (white egg) Ameraucana (green/blue egg) or Marans (dark brown egg).
The next day, Mark was at work at the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce and went to throw some recycling into the truck when he noticed one lone hen standing in the pick-up bed. He took her into the office for the rest of the day, and brought her home in a box - which she promptly laid an egg in on the way home! Figuring that she had gone above and beyond the call of duty, we named her Cousin and decided to keep her. Since we have just the two for the winter, they roost in the small brood house and spend their days roaming the fields with our three dwarf goats (who are also free-loaders...)
Mark and I collected the hens and roosters after dark, because that is when they get very hazy-minded and let you pick them up with almost no fuss. We put them in the back of the pickup (it has a canopy) and drove them to their new
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Minimize risks the by knowing the hazards
arms and ranches contain many potential hazards — objects, locations, or conditions — that may expose a person to the risk of injury or occupational disease. Identifying and controlling the hazards on your farm or ranch will help keep you and your workers safe from injury. You can use the following safety checklist to prevent injuries while operating or maintaining farming and ranching equipment.
Your responsibilities as an employer: Have a copy of the machine or equipment operator's manual available for your workers to read and ensure they have read and understood it. Ensure workers who operate mobile equipment are properly trained and competent. Ask yourself: Have you provided adequate instruction and information to your workers on how to properly operate the equipment or machine? 28
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Ensure all machines or equipment are in good working condition and ready for operation. Ensure all machine shields and guards are in good condition and safety labels are on the equipment. Maintain your equipment as per the manufacturers instructions (i.e., clutch, brakes, steering). Ensure all equipment has a rollover protective structure (roll bar). Confirm equipment brakes are working well in both directions (forward and reverse). Confirm all equipment requiring seatbelts have one in good working order. Check that the machine has guards where moving parts could injure workers. Ensure lock-out procedures are clearly posted and followed.
Your responsibilities as a worker:
Pre-operational safety checks Locate and ensure you're familiar with all machine or equipment operations, controls, and lock-out procedures. Ensure all equipment or machine shields and guards are fitted, secure, and functional. (If any machine parts are missing or in need of repair, do not operate the equipment.) Read the operator's manual and review the safety labels attached to the equipment before installing or using power take-off equipment (PTO). (If labels on equipment are missing, affix new labels before using it.) Use only implements that meet the specifications listed in the machine operator's manual. Keep records of your preoperational checks. Ensure someone knows where you are, what you will be doing, and when to expect you back.
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Operational safety checks
Wear proper foot protection. Wear eye and hearing protection.
Ensure your roll-over protective structure (roll bar) on the machine is in the up position.
Regularly apply sunscreen in accordance with instructions, or wear sun-protective clothing.
When operating machines, fasten your seatbelt before you move the equipment.
Ensure all clothing is close-fitting, and secure long hair with a hat or some other means.
Operate the machinery using a lower speed, unless the operator's manual specifically states that it's
safe to use the higher speed. Keep all bystanders away from powered equipment and machines. Assess the machinery by walking around the operating equipment.
Ending operations and cleaning up Ensure you shut down, disengage any powered equipment, and shut off the machine engine once you're done work. Remember to remove and take the keys with you before leave. Keep warning labels clean and free from obstructing material. Replace damaged or missing labels with new labels available from the equipment supplier. Wait until all moving components have completely stopped before getting off equipment or connecting, disconnecting, adjusting, cleaning, or servicing any powered equipment. Keep the work area safe, clean, and tidy. Making a commitment to health and safety is one of the best ways to protect you and those around you when working on a farm or ranch. To learn more about health and safety, and how to identify hazards and to assess risks, visit worksafebc.com/agriculture.
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Scene at the Cowichan Exhibition...
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Elvis sighting? No, it's 14-year-old Sierra Robinson and her crested duck, "Puffy" at the 4-H display
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- Mercury Retrograde starts tomorrow – what to do now
- Mercury Rx Day 1: Backitup
- Mercury Rx Day 2: Delete it day!
- Mercury Rx Bootcamp: Day 3 – Redundancies
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 4: Review – Todo lists
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp: Day 5 – Check your warranties
- Mercury Retrograde Bootcamp: Day 6 – Reread or Review
- Mercury Retrograde Bootcamp Day 7: Recycle
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 8: Clean up Broken Links
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 9: Declare (Feed) Bankruptcy
- Mercury Retrograde Bootcamp Day 11: You may need a Hazmat suit for this one
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 10: Desk Declutter
- Mercury Retrograde Day 12: Be
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 13: Repair
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 14: Renew
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 15: Reconsider
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 16: Recycle
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 17: Get that checked, or check on that
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 18: Iris and the Sun
- Mercury Retrograde Day 19: Clean a closet
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 20: Review your New Year's Resolutions
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 21: DVDs and Music
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 22: Send it out
- Mercury Retrograde Boot Camp Day 23: that blog you've been meaning to look at …
- Mercury Rx: It got to me
For today, I'm encouraging you to trot out that list of New Year's Resolutions you made in January… or October, depending on your approach to new years. Give it a good look. Ask yourself the following questions:
- Are these goals intended to make my inner life better?
External changes really only take effect when your headspace is clear.
- Are these goals really about me and what I need to be a decent person, or are they about pleasing someone else?
Let me put it to you this way: if you're over 25 and your mother is still critical and condescending, improving yourself is still not going to change her.
- Are these goals about being healthy and happy, or are they about winning?
If it's about winning, unless you're a professional athlete or a military general, you're on the wrong track. How much do you fail to learn, and how many opportunities have you lost, just because you were determined to win? These days conversations quickly descend into debate, which has degraded from an intelligent art from to blind insistence on competitive rightness. Few people even have the emotional/social skills to explore a topic instead of debating it, and those that do are often mistaken for being passive and end up being treated poorly just because they have the inner grace required to consider all ideas free of acceptance or rejection.
- Are these goals still relevant to my life?
Maybe you accomplished a resolution without even realizing you did. Maybe your life has changed so that the given resolution no longer has relevance. Take a close look , and update that puppy to fit your life now.
And the big question that you must always ask when looking over old resolutions:
- Was I sober when I made these resolutions?
It really should go without saying… but… if you have uppers or downers in your system that are there for recreation only, it's not the time to make life projections or decisions.
The Practical Reason:
If life seems boring, you probably did accomplish those goals, and it's just a good psychological boost to know. If you did NOT accomplish those goals, the personal failure may not be the result of personal failings. It might be that you chose resolutions that weren't really a fit for your life, based on making goals about people who don't have to live with you 24/7 (you are your only 24/7 commitment.) You might need help achieving the inner state you need to pursue the outer state – this is a good, low-pressure time of year to consider that possibility and take steps in the right direction, when you don't feel the hostile force of in-laws eyes on you, or the maddening pressure of jingling bells everywhere.
The Metaphysical Reason:
Know thyself. You are not static. Even though most people have the same base character throughout their lives, things change in others, and things in you change internally, sometimes without you knowing. Resolutions that you make show your inner barometer, and they're made at the most high-pressure time of the year, revealing simultaneous truths and lies about yourself: do you crave approval, peace, sex? What do you say you want? Does it match what you really want, right now? Are you who you want to be – and do those resolutions make a difference in that process?


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The third edition of The Hindu Friday Review November Fest promises an assortment of music in order to satiate the appetite of the discerning music aficionados in Chennai. A total of seven concerts will be held from November 10-18.
Announcing the Fest for this year, V Kalidas Vice President-Advertsing, The Hindu, said "The Hindu Friday Review November Fest serves as an ideal aperitif to the feast of music in Chennai, during the big festival season beginning December 15 which signals the mellow Tamil month 'Margazhi'. The November Fest is unique as there would be an eclectic array of musicians who are wizards in their respective genre. Thus the series of seven concerts will sweep across Hindustani classical, Carnatic music, Ghazal Bandi, fusion, Indian fusion, international music and a mix of rock, jazz, pop, Latin rhythms from the Delhi-based rock band Mrigya."
The November Fest will kick off with a classical raga recital by the father-son duo from Pakistan, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan and Rustam Fateh Ali Khan, on November 10. This duo from the Patiala Gharana will be singing in Chennai for the first time. Performing the Hindustani classical with unswerving allegiance to tradition will be the Pandits from the Benares Gharana – Rajan and Sajan Misra. Adding romance to the Fest will be the pair that launched 'Madirakshi', which is a blend of padam and piano – well-known vocalist Sikkil Gurcharan and Western pianist-composer Anil Srinicasan. Another attraction of this year's Fest is the crossover band from Korea, The Forest. This group, which has performed in many countries, is coming to Chennai for the first time.
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North Korea has demanded that Japan hand over the cremated remains that it claimed were those of abductee Megumi Yokota and the results of Japanese tests that show they are not hers, Japanese officials said Sunday.
North Korea "appears to be wanting the results of the examination," Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said on an NHK talk show.
In connection with Machimura's remark, a senior Foreign Ministry official said North Korea also wants Japan to hand back the remains.
Pyongyang has shown signs of denying official involvement in the matter by pointing out that a man — whom it says was Yokota's North Korean husband — directly handed the remains to Japanese delegates who visited Pyongyang last month. The man said the ashes were Yokota's.
Machimura meanwhile indicated reluctance toward imposing economic sanctions on North Korea, saying, "we need to take another step to confront it about the contradictions" in the explanations and materials Pyongyang presented during working-level talks on the abduction issue last month.
"The majority of the international community would then be unlikely to object to Japan imposing such sanctions on North Korea if Pyongyang fails to provide some kind of response," he said.
The government has been coming under pressure to limit or ban cash remittances to the hardline state, prohibit North Korean ships from entering Japanese ports or use other sanctions to force Pyongyang to release information on the kidnapped Japanese.
But other countries, including South Korea, are wary that sanctions could set back the six-party talks to disarm the North. Three rounds of the talks — involving the United States, Russia, China, Japan and the two Koreas — haven't made much progress. Pyongyang has refused to resume the discussions.
"North Korea needs to recognize that it doesn't have much time left," Machimura said on the NHK program, adding, "As for setting a specific date as the deadline, we're still considering whether to declare one."
Based chiefly on DNA analysis, the government concluded earlier this month that the cremated remains are not those of Yokota, one of 10 Japanese victims of North Korean abduction whose fates Tokyo says are still unaccounted for.
Yokota was abducted from Niigata Prefecture at the age of 13 in 1977.
Pyongyang maintains that eight of the 10 are dead — including Yokota, who it says committed suicide in 1994 — and that the other two never entered its territory.