Fri Feb 23: Military Training This Weekend at the Base; Cuts Coming to Grey Transit Route
Plus: Jennifer Deeks, Master Gardener, shares a new column on gardening despite physical limitations
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How can you continue to enjoy gardening when your body doesn’t want to cooperate?
In her most recent column, Master Gardener Jennifer Deeks writes,
“The garden is a forgiving space, and the plants don’t mind if you miss deadheading this week. Even a garden that is wildly out of control from a lengthy convalescence can be brought back to glory within a season or two.
The beauty of a garden is that it is like an old friend that you haven’t seen in a while. When you do reconnect, it’s like you were never apart at all.”
Limitless Gardening
Having achieved middle age, I am keenly aware that my body does not have the same regenerative capacity it did when I was younger. Many of my gardening clients are experienced and knowledgeable gardeners whose bodies no longer wish to cooperate with the kneeling, lifting, and reaching demanded …
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Details on why Grey County Council has decided to make cuts to Grey Transit Route, making moving around the region more difficult again for those without personal vehicles
More decisions from the most recent council council meeting
A report on the decline in building numbers in Owen Sound
City staff already announcing the launch of pothole season
Info about a fundraiser gala for three agencies serving local youth, coming in November
What’s happening at local high schools, according to a student trustee
How to register for a partially subsidized business BootCamp program with a mentorship element
A public notice about military training in the area
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