Thursday, August 10th, 2017
One of the most enjoyable aspects of semi-rural living for me has been the keeping of backyard poultry. We have a little flock right now of a dozen chickens. The vast majority of them are silver-laced Wyandotte,...
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Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
It was in the early 1970s. I was going to graduate from high school in the next few years. My mom, who had heroically raised us five kids as a single mom (we ate a lot of...
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
Editor’s Note: This week’s article is by Maggie Cooper, wife of the usual Garden Spot columnist, Jay Cooper. Many of us live in the Tooele Valley because we enjoy the small-town feel and rural lifestyle. When you...
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Thursday, July 20th, 2017
Years ago, Maggie and I had the pleasant experience of being able to visit London, England. I was there on business, and Maggie was able to come along and enjoy a bit of sightseeing while I was...
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Thursday, July 13th, 2017
Here we are in the middle of the heat of summer. When it’s this hot, day after day, it’s easy to succumb to the illusion that it will never end. But time marches on. Soon, the days...
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Thursday, July 6th, 2017
When one thinks of “turf wars,” urban slang often comes to mind where rival gangs commit acts of violence to establish control of an area and profit from illicit activity. But there’s another type of turf war...
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Thursday, June 29th, 2017
It’s Cherry Harvest Time. Both sour and sweet cherries have ripened here in our valley, and the bird population is rejoicing. As much as we enjoy the fruit of our trees, our winged friends do even more...
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Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
Editor’s Note: Jay Cooper’s wife, Maggie, is this week’s Garden Spot contributor. It’s always so much fun to discover what other people are creating with their landscape. From spring to fall Jay and I are sometimes viewed...
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Thursday, June 8th, 2017
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since the last Garden Tour, but this great annual event is here, once again, this coming weekend. One would think that as time went on, that the tour...
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Thursday, June 1st, 2017
If you are like me, this time of year, you can become impatient getting the gardening season going. Every year, the only constant in the spring weather is that it’s different from season to season. This year...
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