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Tuesday June 9 2015 5 COLUMNS 15 Years Ago... Big barge waits to get past rapids Once it gets past the Slave River Rapids another barge will be sailing between Hay River and Norman Wells later this month. The William Bradley is currently docked at Fort Fitzgerald waiting for the road weight ban to be lifted to 100 per cent on June 10. Issue June 6 2000 20 Years Ago... NWTel refused rate increase The CRTC has refused NorthWesTels recent proposal to lower long distance rates and increase local costs. The rate readjustment would have seen long distance rates drop by 40 per cent and local rates go up 110 per cent to about 17.50 per month. Issue June 7 1999 30 Years Ago... Grandin Colleges future in doubt Grandin College probably wont be opening next year because it is in nancial trouble says Bishop Paul Piche of the Roman Catholic Church. We can no longer afford the two supervisors two cooks and the heating and the food needed to keep it operating he told the Journal. Issue June 6 1985 ARCHIVES Northern Journal 2015 Join us online Like Northern Journal on Facebook and get the weekly news delivered to your feed FACEBOOK FEEDBACK Comments of joy and excitement ooded CKLB Ra- dios Facebook page on the weekend as Nadira Begg took back to the airwaves for the much loved Saturday request show for the rst time in almost a year. New GNWT funding helps CKLB radio back on the air Margaret Mabbitt can you please hookup The Town of Fort Smith NT PLEASE AND THANK YOU Low levels on Athabasca prompt requests for limited water withdrawals by industry Rob Schwartz Alberta Environment re- moved all requirements for any reference to maintaining instream ow needs from the water withdrawl approval process. The Alberta water management system now makes applications for industrial wa- ter an automatic process averaging 600 approvalsmonth for the last 3 years. The monitoring and policing of water use is non-existant and water access shortages will be delt with on a complaint driven pro- cess. It appears that Alberta Environment has adopted a water management policy that disreguards river health and viability as well as disreguard for longstanding in- terprovincial water ow agreements. In last weeks front page photo graduate Tim Bye was in- correctly identied as being from Fort Chipewyan. Bye is from Edmonton. The Journal apologizes for the error. CORRECTION By DAWN KOSTELNIK In the yard by our house was the warehouse and ga- rage. The warehouse stored excessrations food supplies. The garage was exactly what it sounds like. On the river we ordered food that arrived by barge once a year. On the sea we ordered food that ar- rived by ship during the open water season. A difference in food orders was that my mom would make out her own list of case goods etc. and have it shipped up the Macken- zie River by barge. In Cop- permine she had to order by A B or C army type rations. A ration was a combina- tion of food supplies that was determined necessary and nutritious for survival by the Canadian Military. In the warehouse were numerous cases of jam canned wieners and canned potatoes. Lots of the leftovers were things that no one wanted to eat. By hav- ing to order rations A B or C you could not get what you wanted or needed but this gave you what the govern- ment determined you should havesound familiar Who by choice eats canned wieners I can hear the ration gnomes from the south determining that those people in the North at the end of the world should appreciate that they are get- ting good civilized food. It is much healthier for them. It has to be way better than anythingtheycangetlocally YoushouldhaveseentheArc- tic Char that came wild from the Coppermine River We had water delivery to our homes. Water tanks are located in heated porches. Kids have wonderful imag- inations which need to be cultivated. Intelligent minds require stimulation and if its not readily available they will create their own amusement. It can be good stimulation it can be bad and it can be just plain hilarious. In the warehouse was case upon case of Tang. Tang is powdered orange-avoured sugar crystals that are made into juice. Orange and the wondrous new grapefruit Tang which was popular with the adults but not par- ticularly with the kids must have been considered essen- tial because the rations came with an abundance of it. My brothers were young boyswithgreatimaginations.It istoomuchtemptationtohave atankertruckfullofwatersit- tingbesideawarehousefullof Tang.Howcouldyounotwant tomakeatankerfullofTang They howled with laughter imagining the expressions on peoples faces when Tang owedthroughthetaps.What would it be like having a Tang bathTang-lavouredoatmeal couldbegoodunfortunately they were caught in the act of creating juice. I wish they had succeeded we in the North would still talk and laugh about it. As it is this story is legend. They had managed to dump sev- eral cases of the Tang into the tanker truck before they were caught and disbanded. The infamous Tang Gang. To be continued www.thewhitegirl.ca White Girl Whats In a Name By LONE SORENSEN Living and growing food in Yellowknife for 27 years has been an incredible learning journey.ForallthistimeIcon- stantly hear people say to not planttilltherstweekinJune whileissuingallsortsofwarn- ingsaboutfrost.Ichosenotto listen.NotonlyamIimpatient topickmyrstcarrotIamalso seriousaboutthegardenfeed- ing me for many weeks usu- allyfromthemiddleofMayto the middle of October. I plant as early as I can get my spade in one foot deep before it hits the frozen soil as early as the rst week in May. I plant po- tatoescarrotskaleandbeets. Evenmyhomegrownbedding plantsthatIstartinmyhouse inearlytomid-Aprilcabbages cauliower and broccoli get plantedatthelatestontheMay long weekend. Ihaveatrickortwothough mymostfavouriteNorthof60 growingtechniquethat isalso used by farmers and garden- ersacrosstheArcticcountries. EvenfarmersinGreenlanduse thistricktogrowpotatoesright besidetheinlandice.Itiscalled oating row cover and it is a materialmadefromanacrylic fabric specically for agricul- ture.Itismilkywhiteincolour and keeps out the cold wind protecting the plants on cold daysandnights.Theplantsare camping under there Floating row covers block 15 to 30 per cent of the light which leaves enough light for theplantstogrowwell.Laying theoatingrowcoverdirectly ontopofthesoilafterseeding the above mentioned vegeta- bles will warm the soil pro- tect your plants and put your harvest forward by three to ve weeks. If a frost or strong coldwindcomesalonglaterit is no big deal. By keeping an eye on the forecast on a daily basisandaddinganextralayer of this cover on the near frost or frosty nights the potatoes will be just ne. Even if the new leaves get a bit frost bit- ten they will just bounce right back and keep growing. Kale is another plant that can handle frost easily. Planting super early for all these years Gardening with Lone Fear frost no more and finish planting hasalwayspaidoff.Ieatpota- toes out of my garden as early as the rst week in July. Only oncehaveIlostarowofgreen beans to frost in early June. I replanted the very same day andstillhadlotsofgreenbush beans later on that year. For next year make sure you buy enough oating row cover for yourentiregardenplusalittle extra for the cold nights. Ifyouarestilllearningabout when and how to plant there are many ways to keep learn- ing. Croprotationisagoodgar- dening practice that will allow soil and plants to stay healthy. This means not planting the samevegetableinthesamespot aslastyear. When it comes to seeding read and follow the instruc- tionsoneachseedpackage.The generalruleofgreenthumb is to plant a seed as deep as it isbig.Asanexampleofthisa potatowhichisafewinchesin sizeusuallygetsplantedabout 3to4inchesdeep.Bytheway the potato is actually a tuber not a seed hence potatoes with eyes for planting are called seed potatoes not po- tatoseed.Amuchsmallerseed like a kale or carrot should be planted only a couple of mil- limetres deep. Seed spacing in a row var- iesgreatlyfromplanttoplant as does spacing between each row. There are several square footplantingguidesonlinethat showhowmanyplantsofvari- ous types can be planted in a one square foot space google it under images. I like rows but it is good to know that you can grow approximately 16 carrots per square foot after thinning though when seed- ing it is best to be liberal and plantalmostdoublethat.Car- rots like I mentioned should beplantedasearlyaspossible. Thespacebetweeneachrowof carrots should be a little over afoot.Onceyouhaveplanted remembertowatereverydayif it does not rain especially the carrotsortheymaynotgermi- nate properly. LoneSorensenisthefounder ofNorthernRootsandhaslived andgrownfoodinYellowknife for 27 years.