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Gardening Tips ~ Footstool or Drink Holder?
Looking for a project that would be useful in your backyard? While at a friends’ cottage recently, I found a very useful small table that I knew would benefit me and others.
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Gardening Tip ~ Root to Stem Eating: A Usage for Carrot Tops!
I just harvested some carrots and wondered about uses for the tops. It involves a new way of eating, known as Root-to-stem eating.
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The Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Act - brought forth by MPP Daisy Wai
On October 27, 2021 Richmond Hill MPP Daisy Wai, debated her Private Member’s Bill in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and was thankful to receive unanimous support from her Parliamentary colleagues as Bill 9, The Non-Profit Sector Appreciatio
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How Brain Training Combats Learning Styles
In the late 1980s, Dr. Neil Fleming identified the VARK model of learning styles. Although other educators and research have identified as many as 70 learning styles, the four that VARK focused on were as follows:
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Gardening Tips ~ Make Your Picnic Table Easy to Move
Given the weather, you may be looking for a project that would be useful in your backyard. While at a friend’s cottage recently, I found a very useful modification for a picnic table that I knew would benefit many of us.
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Worried So Much About my Aging Parents this Coming Winter...
So many of us are worried about their aging parents at home in Richmond Hill this coming winter!
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Democracy Index Schedule - a critical look at Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill has placed dead last among Ontario’s largest thirty-two municipalities rated by a Municipal Democracy Index.
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Gardening Tip ~ Update on the progress of a Raised Bed Garden
In April, I shared a photo as I started my raised bed garden. You can see from the photo below that it was placed directly on the lawn then the grass was covered with cardboard and paper and topped with good top soil and compost. Of course.
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