bigugli

Depends on the type of tree. Most hard or soft woods should be pruned when there is no sap flow. That means winter.

Birch and nut trees should be pruned early spring.

Fruit and flowering ornamentals can be pruned in winter with an eye to more agressive pruning just before buds set and, in the case of fruit, before applying lime-sulfur. THis is for the purposes of better fruit set and yield.

Peaches or nectarines should be pruned during the bloom. Winter pruning can cause damage.

Late fall/early winter is the worst time to prune.

I did not read this whole thing but here is my dog that is no longer with us. Zoey is dead now for about 6 months. I love/loved that dog.

 

 

 

RIP Zoey. Great dog!!!

Jacks are the perfect fishing buddy. Just the right size in a boat, and just as excited as yourself to hook and land a fish.

I(n the hot summer, a dog will find a shady spot to hide. However, peanut does have a PFD and she would go for a swim during our outings. Small dogs may swim, but they can't stay afloat forever.

In colder weather, peanut has a coat. We are going to take her for a few ice fishing trips this year.

All of my dogs loved the boat. As for fishing, well I've posted enough times about my fish theiving hound, carp retriever and companion. Peanut would get out with me more often, but some folks feel uncomfortable with her rambunctious ways. Also, an excitable dog is not always a good thing in a busy boat.

I'm gonna start respooling my perch reels this week and take inventory.... That is, if I don't go fishin.

Anywheres I ain't fished before. I couldn't narrow it down any further.

Nice looking haul.

From now to almost Xmas, the perchin will be pretty good along the south side of Simcoe

My deepest condolences to you and your family.

What a nasty way to die.

As for the flu shots, or any shot, there is always the possibility of an adverse, and potentially lethal, reaction to any injection.

Sounds like you fellas had a great day. It's the quality of the company that makes all the difference in the world.

Well it was an utterly gorgeous day out there. Light winds and bluebird skies and co-operative fish.

Met up with CPH and BigCliff in Orillia for breakfast. Must admit I wasn't in my best form this morning after a long day at the market, but all was well once we fueled the furnace.

There was a steady bite from the moment we hit the water. No difficulty for any of us to well exceed a 100 fish day. What great company. My throats still a little sore after all the laughing at someone's expense. Were they really basket fish, Steve, or was it more of a basket case?

Can't go fishing with CPH without trying to go swimming,... again

As for the fishing, yes it was good. We got to be as picky as we liked, and still had a decent collection for the frying pan.

I just finished cleaning my catch a 1/2 hr back, so I'll wait til tomorrow to cook some up. I had a good sink full of fish.

We got a few right pretty beasties as well. They live to breed another spring.

We are gonna have to get out together again real soon. The bestest fishin partners around. Thanks for a great day.

My gm truck is made in Mexico and my wife's Honda civic is made in Alliston Ontario, go figure

 

This would be true if the Honda was built in North America and not assembled here.

A large part of the parts to assemble the Honda still come in from offshore.

Where in Canada and especially in Ontario,Where 1 in 25 jobs have to do with the car part industry.

Honda originally had it's sights set on building the Alliston plant in the Sault. It was close to the US border. It had direct shipping access at the Seaway. There was a steel mill desperate for contracts to produce steel for Honda. The city fathers weren't willing to do a deal to attract Honda and the Sault lost out.

So sorry to hear that. Our dogs are a part of our family, and we cherish them deeply. And we are saddened deeply when their time has come.

I put this up because of what I see at the farmers markets. We have legit farmers growing good stuff in our very backyards. At the same time, we have jobbers/pretend farmers, selling cheap produce from all around the globe, claiming it's Canadian.

Yes it is cheaper. No it is not fresh. It was picked unripened and shipped thousands of miles over the space of a week. Some produce will be gassed to colour and ripen fruit surfaces. There is little flavour or nutrient value in such produce. Most of these 3rd world producers are still using pesticides which we banned decades back. Nasty chemicals like DDT, Temek, Chlordane, Mirex, etc...., are still being used regularly on crops grown in Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. Sometimes the price you pay is not in dollars and cents.

A physics teacher in high school, once told the students:

That while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't

Slow a train very much, a billion of them would.

With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously

Written by a good Canadian:

Shopping in Lowe's the other day for some reason and just for the fun of it I was looking at the hose attachments .They were all made in China . The next day I was in Home Hardware and just for the fun of it I checked the hose attachmentsThere. They were made in Canada!

Start looking........

In our current economic situation, every little thing we

Buy or do affects someone else - even their job.

A quote from a consumer:...my grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more.

My favourite toothpaste, Colgate, is made in Mexico now. I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything.

This past weekend I was at Wal-Mart. I needed 60W

Light bulbs. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next

To the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labelled,

"Everyday Value". I picked up both types of bulbs and

Compared the stats - they were the same except for the

Price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday

Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most

Was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the

Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this

- Canada at a company in Ontario . Their Equate

Products are also made in Canada , and are very good.

Just to add my own experience on buying Made In Canada ,

I was looking for canned mushrooms that were made in

Canada and could never find any, so I would buy fresh.

But a miracle happened, when in our Foodland store

I found Ravine mushrooms - made in Canada with a

Little red maple leaf on can. A little more money but

When I opened the can I looked at mushrooms that look

Like real mushrooms, not a mushroom that looks like

It was cleaned in bleach.

Another product I no longer buy is Del Monte or Dole cannedFruit. Del Monte is packaged in Taiwan and Dole is now a product of China.Why should we pay for their fruit when our growers are left withFruit rotting on the trees. E.D. Smith is still made in Canada buy their's, at least you will know what is in it and have some quality control.So throw out the myth that you can not find products you

Use every day that are made right here . My challenge

To you is to start reading the labels when you shop for

Everyday things and see what you can find that is made

In Canada . The job you save may be your own or your

Neighbour's'!(Your children & grandchildren, also)

Start buying Canadian, one

Light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!

(We should have awakened two decades ago.)

Let's get with the program. Help our fellow Canadians

Keep their jobs and create more jobs here in Canada.

If President Obama insists on a 'Made in America '

Policy, which is commendable of him, to support

American workers, we should do likewise.

BUY CANADIAN! Read the labels.

Support Canadian jobs.

How was the bird hunting.

I rely on the barter system nowadays. Much more consistent harvests. I give the neighbour perch, and he gives me game.

Last night's treat was goose breast, slices thin, tenderized and marinated, then pan seared with a topping of fried onions.

Life is good.

It takes an Englishman to smoke Turkish

yeah the frog was just on the news

 

http://youtu.be/4HAjhtPZGDY

I heard he was wearing an Habitants jersey

Seeing as you is asking.

High on a Hill

Good Lord willing. that dark cloud will soon depart. I hope all will be well in the end.

Anything with the Duke

Fort Apache

Horse Soldiers

Now that is quality time. Enjoy every moment of it.

i could'nt think of a better way to spend a day.

The old house was heated entirely with wood. Now in an apartment, I get the place cozy with the warmth and aromas of some good home cooking.

Met up with CPH for a day of perchin. Despite the rain, we had a fun day, and caught some quality fish. No minnows or worms. Strictly artificial baits on Sunday.

Mom and I love to fish, but we just don't get enough time out together.

Let the pics talk.

Mom's catch

Mine

The beginnings of Mom's next pot of fish head soup.

To end the day

Good company, good fun, good food. A day to cherish.

A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell.

>> >> He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and

>> >> set about nailing it to a post on the edge of

>> >> his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the

>> >> post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked

>> >> down into the eyes of a little boy.

>> >>

>> >> "Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your

>> >> puppies."

>> >>

>> >> "Well," said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat

>> >> off the back of his neck, "These puppies come

>> >> from fine parents and cost a good deal of money."

>> >>

>> >> The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then

>> >> reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled out a

>> >> handful of change and held it up to the farmer.

>> >>

>> >> "I've got thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take

>> >> a look?"

>> >>

>> >> "Sure," said the farmer. And with that he let out

>> >> a whistle. "Here, Dolly!" he called.

>> >>

>> >> Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran

>> >> Dolly followed by four little balls of fur.

>> >>

>> >> The little boy pressed his face against the chain

>> >> link fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the

>> >> dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy

>> >> noticed something else stirring inside the doghouse.

>> >>

>> >> Slowly another little ball appeared, this one noticeably

>> >> smaller. Down the ramp it slid. Then in a somewhat

>> >> awkward manner, the little pup began hobbling toward

>> >> the others, doing its best to catch up...

>> >>

>> >> "I want that one," the little boy said, pointing to the

>> >> runt. The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said,

>> >> "Son, you don't want that puppy.. He will never be able

>> >> to run and play with you like these other dogs would."

>> >>

>> >> With that the little boy stepped back from the fence,

>> >> reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his

>> >> trousers.

>> >>

>> >> In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down

>> >> both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made

>> >> shoe.

>> >>

>> >> Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir,

>> >> I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone

>> >> who understands."

>> >>

>> >> With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and

>> >> picked up the little pup.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy.

>> >>

>> >> "How much?" asked the little boy... "No charge,"

>> >> answered the farmer, "There's no charge for love

We had one in Hamilton a couple of years back. I'd gladly be up for one.