All posts by George Walters

George Walters is a Canadian columnist and author with more than forty years of writing experience. For over twenty years he has written a weekly column for Postmedia Network — Canada's largest newspaper chain — never missing a single week, publishing fifty-two stories a year. Combined with his work in Reader's Digest Community Voices, World News, Country Living, The Country Register, and farm and rural lifestyle magazines across Canada, he has published well over two thousand stories drawn from everyday life. He writes about farm work, fishing, old trucks, and the kind of people you only find in small towns — but just as likely he'll hand a voice to a weathered telephone pole, or turn his eye on something happening in the world today and tell you exactly what he thinks about it. No subject is off limits. If there's a story in it, George will find it. He has been called a philosopher of everyday life, a description that came up more than once during his television appearances over the years — and it's not hard to see why. His writing has a way of making the ordinary feel worth sitting with. He is the author of eleven books, including yearly short story collections and the Clay Moretti Files mystery series. Clay is a fifty-year-old private investigator who drives a 1967 Ford Galaxie, smokes cigars, and operates by a code the modern world gave up on a long time ago. The cases are present day. The man handling them is not. All titles are available in paperback and eBook on Amazon. Together, George and his wife Ruth have also created Elmer Finds His Way, the first in what he hopes will be a long series of children's books. Ruth did all the illustrations, as she has for every one of George's books — and beyond that she designed and painted the covers as well. Her work is woven into every page of everything he has published. A few words from readers: "I pulled up a kitchen chair and read your story three times." "You have a way of making a person homesick for a place they haven't been to." "Thank you for writing things that make old people and kids feel the same way at the same time." All my titles are available in paperback and eBook on Amazon.ca here.

Squirrels and Rabbits in your garden?

Drop by your local barber shop and ask them to save you the hair. Place human hair around the border of the garden. Wild animals can’t stand it. The smell of many unseen humans in close proximity will drive them crazy.  Never tried it but sounds good.  I do have a guaranteed remedy, will let you know at a later date. It will be in my new book which is coming out in the spring though.  Talk Soon

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Comfrey For Plant Fertilizer

This is a good recipe for helping your plants grow acts as a fertilizer and helps in keeping insects away from your plants.  Can’t beat it.  Also look for more information on things in my new gardening book coming out this spring.

Ingredients:

2 plastic buckets
Comfrey leaves
Plate, Brick or other heavy object that fits inside bucket
Flower pot that fits inside bucket

Directions:

1.      Cut holes into the bottom of a plastic bucket.
2.      Fill bucket 3/4 full with Comfrey leaves. Pack down tightly.
3.      Place a plate on top of the leaves and weigh it down with a brick or other heavy object.
4.      Place an upside down flower pot inside another bucket. Set the bucket containing Comfrey leaves on top of the flower pot.
5.      After 3 weeks, there should be a brown liquid in the bottom of the lower bucket. Bottle this liquid, an place the contents of the top bucket in the compost heap.

Use:
To use Comfrey spray, dilute 1 tablespoon with 2 pints of water. Add a teaspoon of dish washing liquid to the contents.

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Organic Spray For Insects

Here is a simple recipe that helps keep insects away from ones vegetables.  No chemicals needed.  Also look for more information on gardening and things in my new book coming out this spring.

Ingredients:

1 un-peeled onion
1 un-peeled head of garlic
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
3 pints water

Directions:

1     Chop onion and garlic and combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Simmer 20 minutes.
2.    Cool and store in jars in the refrigerator for 6 weeks.
3.    Strain and store in jars.
Use:
To use, dilute 8 tablespoons of concentrate per gallon of water. Add 1 tablespoon of dish washing liquid. Red pepper spray is a good general insect spray and is an effective repellent against insects and animals.

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Apple Cider, Cloudy Or Clear?

Don’t forget to pick up a copy of my new Gardening Book early this spring.  You will be glad you did. No Brag Just Fact.

Cloudy apple juices contain much more antioxidant than clear cider. When you got to buy apples look for the older varieties of apples as the newer varieties tend to have lower nutrient content. The newer varieties are grown for eye appeal and for shelf life, not for nutrition.

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Temperature Conversion

Fahrenheit to Celsius:
Subtract 32 from the Fahrenheit number, multiply by 5, and divide by 9.

Celsius to Fahrenheit:
Mulitpy the Celsius number by 9, divide by 5, and add 32.

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