Kristin Catherwood

  • Stubble Jumpers

    stubble jumper: a slightly derogatory but mostly good-humoured phrase to describe prairie folk. Usually employed by British…

  • Brooking

    Brooking

    “With the news of the proposed railway line, and the advent of survey crews, land speculators…

  • Bundling

    Bundling: Couples cuddling under a robe or blanket while returning home in the cutter on a cold…

  • Farmer Wisdom

    “If you throw a gopher into the air and he digs a burrow, it’s too windy…

  • Scrub Cow

    Scrub cow: a cow of indeterminate and/or mixed lineage. Often characterized by a combination of shades and…

  • Castle Butte

    Castle Butte

    Located 200 km south of Regina, in one of the driest, most rugged environments in the…

  • Farming by the Light of the Moon

    Farming by the Light of the Moon

    Waxing moon. Kristin Catherwood. September 15, 2013.  I recently came across a treasure trove of farming…

  • Farmer Wisdom

    “Six inches of rain a year is just about perfect. You can grow a crop on…