Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
I realize that’s a bold statement, but after experiencing all the benefits of completing the Master Gardener classes, I’ve become an evangelist of sorts. I know I shouldn’t be telling you what you should do, but after all...
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Loading ...Thursday, January 15th, 2015
My apologies to John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival, but you’ll see where I’m going with the title shortly. We lived for some time in southeast Arizona, and had become quite conditioned to the climate there. Maggie...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Thursday, January 8th, 2015
One can’t walk into the farm and ranch store without noticing that there’s a strong interest in backyard poultry — especially in the spring time! The sound of peeping chicks is alluring as both young and old...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Wednesday, December 31st, 2014
It’s been a good year and I’ve crossed paths with lots of friends and met new people that have similar approaches to becoming a bit more self-reliant out of choice. Sure, pretty much anything you want to...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Wednesday, December 24th, 2014
Like most years, Christmas came up on me really quickly. It wasn’t as though there weren’t plenty of signs along the way telling me that the 25th was rapidly approaching. Nor can I plead ignorance because Christmas...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Thursday, December 18th, 2014
There are few people that are more aware of the changing amount of sunlight each day and corresponding temperature drops than us in the gardening crowd. Sure, pilots, public safety professionals, and snowplow drivers all are keenly...
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Thursday, December 11th, 2014
I don’t know how it came to be that “French” became a metaphor for “colorful” language (as though usual and decent conversation and expression isn’t colorful enough in its own right!), but I heard this expression as late...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Thursday, December 4th, 2014
For most of us home and hobbyist gardeners, the season is over or pretty close to it. Some cool-weather crops, such as summer-planted cabbage, Brussels sprouts, carrots and spinach are possibly still around, but for the most...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. Families will gather across the land to celebrate the day, as will those Americans living outside the U.S. or deployed in the service of this country, to enjoy some great camaraderie and seasonal...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Thursday, November 20th, 2014
If you think about taking a trip to a farm, what are some of the first images that come into your mind’s eye? I’ll venture that chickens roaming around the farmyard, scratching for food in the soil,...
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