EGAN: His mower's on guard for thee in homegrown 150 celebration

Away from the madness of Parliament Hill — where 150 years of freedom is to be celebrated in an armed camp — there are ordinary Canadians doing modest, beautiful things for July 1.
And with nothing more than materials found in the shed, or the junk drawer, or the kitchen pantry or the imagination.
Mel Garner, 82, is standing in the rain in the sideyard of the house in Aylmer that’s been connected to his family for more than 75 years. He still remembers, at age five, pumping wat