Editorial/Column
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The Carpenter Ant … more friend than foe
Sawdust … you find a pile in a cupboard or by a baseboard in your home. Outside you see a…
Our Rural Heritage: Cream of the crop, or really milking it
By Sandy Vasko Being a dairy farmer is no romp in the woods; it’s a 24/7 job. Being a lover…
Gardner 2 Gardner: Now is the time for early pest intervention with dormant applications
It happens every year, just after the peach trees leaf out in the spring, I get a number of calls…
Milk Jug Gardening (Wintersowing) Revisited … If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again
There was one column topic that I had more feedback about than all the others last year –Milk Jug Gardening:…
Outstanding In Their Field
Do you like driving at night? How about in drizzle/snow on rural roads with no streetlights? Do you notice many…
Nick Reiher: It’s Been a Long Road with Many a Winding Turn
I vividly recall my first trip to see Tammy’s folks in southern Minnesota. We had been dating just a couple…
Nick Reiher: I Can’t Get Too Excited about Politics These Days
By Nick Reiher Liberal porn. That’s the cute name some have given to “The West Wing,” a show focused on…
Gardner 2 Gardner: New Year, new ideas for the garden for 2023
I don’t know about you, but I stopped making New Year’s resolutions years ago. I instead just try to improve…
Our Rural Heritage: Geese and more geese, a lake becomes a prairie
By Sandy Vasko I do not have the pleasure of living on the river, but that does not mean that…