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Separate fruit and vegetables in storage

Separate ethylene producing items from ethylene sensitive items for storage.
In general, fruits give off more ethylene than vegetables, and vegetables are more sensitive to the harmful effects of ethylene.
Two crisper bins is always best and you should use one crisper bin for fruits and the other for vegetables.
You can check which items are ethylene producers and which are ethylene sensitive by visiting our Produce Reference Chart.

One bad apple will spoil the lotDecayed or damaged produce will produce much higher levels of ethylene than normal.
In addition, mould and fungal spores can easily transfer from one piece to another.
You should sort through your produce before storing them in your fridge and discard any items that are decaying or damaged.

starting gardening at retirement?

How much sun does your garden really need?

Vegetables prefer a full day of sun, but if you live in a shady suburb you don't have to give up the idea of growing vegetables.
Here are some minimum sunlight requirements:

Fruiting Vegetables - eight hours of sun.This includes tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and vine crops such as cucumbers, melons and squash.

Root Vegetables - six hours of sun.This includes carrots, beets, etc.

Leafy Vegetables - four hours of sun.These are your "greens" such as lettuce, spinach and collards.

* Keep in mind that these are minimums. Increasing the amount of sunlight your vegetables receive will increase the yield and quality of your crop.

* Even though your vegetables may get enough light when planted near a tree, they will not get
enough nourishment and water.
Vegetables can't compete with an established tree for essential
nutrients and moisture.

getting past tax deadline

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The deadline for filing you income tax is past, most have made the deadline, but there are those who have not.

If they owe money and cannot afford to lay out cash to pay the tax. they will have to pay a penalty of 5% plus more each month they do not pay it.
Many Seniors fall into this catagory, it is hard to come up with some cash at tax time, if you are on a fixed income.

There are ways to make the filing and paying of tax a little more bearable.

By putting money aside each week into a R.S.P, or by using one of the other tax deferal methods,
when tax time presents itself again, you will be ready.

Another method used, is having your employer deduct extra $ each pay period. ( if you have a job that pays)

Some prefer this method to make sure they do not have to pay more at the end of the year.
This method is not reccomended, as you do not make any money in interest.

The Merritt B.C. area

Retirement area worth concideration.

Merritt B.C. is nestled in the heart of The Nicola Valley and sports a wide veriety of shopping, a 18 hole golf course with access to excelent fishing and hunting.

It is also home to one of the largest music concerts in the county, (if not the largest) with some of the top western stars showcasing thier talents.

Housing prices fall into just about anyones budget, depends on your needs.

The climate is hot and dry in the long summer and has winters which are not cold.

Gardens grow great with a little care. In all of our travels we have found weeds, there is no place to go to escape them.

The town is growing with new shopping added in the last few years and more comming.

Kamloops is only 50 minutes to the north and Kelona about 90 minutes to the east.
Vancouver is about two and a half hours away,





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one more look

Before we leave the coast we stopped in Vancouver to visit some friends who have retired there.

They have a very affordable condo with a view of the Fraser river. They got a steal of a deal, (the right place at the right time).

They get a ton of rain there, so if you don't like the sun, this is a great place to go.

Cost of living is high compared to some of the other places we have looked at as we traveled to the west.

In Langley it was the same, just to wet for my liking and to much moss in the lawn.

Other than the rain, the temps are good.





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looking for retirement places

We have been doing a lot of waking for the last month , searching for the ideal place to retire.
As we are getting older we find it harder to control our wieght and this leads to a whole bunch of health problems.
We need a little boost, on our way to attaining our wieght goals so we have started a natural path to wieght control.




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more on Victoria

We have run out of time for looking around Victoria, as a retirement destination.
It is, at this point, our first choice for retirement.

Since this is a big change to ourselves and our family, there is a lot more questions to be answered.

We will be leaving part of our family behind and far away.

Many people who move to another part of the country to retire, take a long time to get used to thier new home.

There is still much to do before we make our final choice of where and when.

As we tour the rest of western Canada we will be looking for other places that offer the kind of life style we want to continue to pursue.