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Buckwheat seeds can be sown now for a summer cover crop. (Mary Lowther photo)

Mary Lowther column: Time to sow winter crops in the garden

Midsummer sowing is tricky because of our hot, dry weather

  • Aug 13, 2022
Buckwheat seeds can be sown now for a summer cover crop. (Mary Lowther photo)
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.

Drivesmart column: Do-it-yourself towing a no-no

Tow truck, tow bar or trailer is the safe answer and might end up being the least expensive solution

  • Aug 7, 2022
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.
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Robert Barron column: A plea to all drivers; watch out for motorcyclists

All it takes is one lapse in concentration to cause a catastrophe

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Freshly-cut garlic scapes are just one part of the garlic you can use. (Mary Lowther photo)

Mary Lowther column: Getting the most out of your garlic

I sliced them, dried them in the dehydrator and blended that into a powder

  • Aug 6, 2022
Freshly-cut garlic scapes are just one part of the garlic you can use. (Mary Lowther photo)
The T-33 was used in the Korean War, but is a mainstay at airshows across North America these days. My flight suit awaits. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)

COLUMN: Black Press reporter straps into old fighter jet at Abbotsford Airshow

‘Used in the Korean War 70 years ago, the T-33 is one of my favourite aircraft to watch in flight’

The T-33 was used in the Korean War, but is a mainstay at airshows across North America these days. My flight suit awaits. (Jessica Peters/Abbotsford News)
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.

Drivesmart column: Camping beside a highway: maybe, maybe not

This must be considered along with municipal and regional rules

  • Jul 31, 2022
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.
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Robert Barron Column: Municipal elections are hard to cover

It’s going to be a busy fall in the newsroom with the…

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Robert Barron Column: Living with dementia can be heartbreaking

Some of the earliest memories of my mother were of her bent…

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We have enough strawberries to make some tarts. (Mary Lowther photo)

Mary Lowther column: Best strawberry crop in 15 years

Gardening books that show bumper crops of strawberries on unprotected plants don’t live where I do

  • Jul 16, 2022
We have enough strawberries to make some tarts. (Mary Lowther photo)
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.

Drivesmart column: What to do at railway crossings

About 20 crossing collisions occur each year in British Columbia

  • Jul 10, 2022
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.
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Robert Barron column: Adventures on the high seas

I heard a low keening sound from the grassy field just off the beach where I had set up my ten

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Compost tea, diluted and sprayed on strawberry plants, produces the berries. (Mary Lowther photo)

Mary Lowther column: Healthy soil key to healthy plants

Untilled soil will also prevent disease as the plants have continued contact with micro biota

  • Jul 9, 2022
Compost tea, diluted and sprayed on strawberry plants, produces the berries. (Mary Lowther photo)
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.

Drivesmart column: People are mobility scooters are pedestrians

Only an able bodied user would have to comply with the usual motor vehicle rules

  • Jul 3, 2022
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.
Stretching exercises after working in the garden reduces aches and pains. (Mary Lowther photo)

Mary Lowther column: Keeping up with physical demands of gardening

I can get carried away in the garden, planning to weed “just that one bed”

  • Jul 2, 2022
Stretching exercises after working in the garden reduces aches and pains. (Mary Lowther photo)
Chris Wilkinson, right, is inspired by Hank Andresen, a senior who has turned his health around. (Chris Wilkinson photo)

Chris Wilkinson column: Get healthy with Hank – local senior inspires better health

Hank unintentionally got into some unhealthy habits

  • Jun 26, 2022
Chris Wilkinson, right, is inspired by Hank Andresen, a senior who has turned his health around. (Chris Wilkinson photo)
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.

Drivesmart column: There is one occasion where you can turn left on a red light

This would be an easy ticket, or so I thought

  • Jun 26, 2022
Drive Smart columnist Tim Schewe.
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Robert Barron column: Close encounters with wild animals can be scary

I noticed what I first thought to be a black sail coming around the bend of the bay

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An example of trench composting. (Mary Lowther photo)

Mary Lowther column: Trench composting easier alternative to having a heap

Once the bed is full, it rests while the bed beside it gets dug up and treated the same way

  • Jun 25, 2022
An example of trench composting. (Mary Lowther photo)
Tim Schewe

Drivesmart column: Rights and duties of cyclists

The rider of a bicycle is just like the driver of a car

  • Jun 19, 2022
Tim Schewe
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Robert Barron column: Guns out of control in the U.S.

The founding fathers didn’t envision the fire power that weapons have today

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