The March birth flower is the daffodil, a cheery spring bloomer that symbolizes new birth, beginnings, happiness and joy.
Zodiac signs: Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20) are empathetic, creative and have a huge imagination, while Aries (Mar 21 to Apr 20) are famously and fiery passionate people.
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NATIONAL DAY OF Unplugging is a 24-hour period designated to carving out precious time to unplug, relax, reflect, be active, visit the outdoors, and connect with loved ones. It’s also a good day to literally think about unplugging your appliances that are using power even when you’re not using them. The top power hogs are toasters, microwaves, coffeemakers, phone chargers and video game systems.
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International Women’s Day.
On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women and girls everywhere. In Canada, their ideas, innovations, activism and leadership are changing our world for the better across all areas of life, especially farming. Shout out to British Columbia who, according to Canada’s 2021 Census of Agriculture, has the highest proportion of female farm operators (39.7%) among all provinces and territories in Canada.
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WORSHIP OF TOOLS DAY is today. Tools are the unsung heroes of the modern homestead worthy of our love and care every day. Take care of your tools and they will take care of you.
The top 3 tools our home and farm editor, Steve Maxwell, can’t live without are:
• A 6” steel ruler comes in handy for almost every job.
• Picquic screwdrivers, the original multi-bit screwdriver.
• A Veritas block plane has
