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January 22, 2025
Salt prematurely ages roads and bridges and degrades freshwater lakes, streams and drinking water. Just a teaspoon of salt permanently pollutes five g...
Lifestyle
Andy Haman 
January 21, 2025
It’s hard to believe, but it’s nearing that time of year again when each of us must take the painstaking care to make sure we’ve given Uncle Sam his d...
Lifestyle
Tamra M. Bolton 
January 21, 2025
It was bigger than a closet, but not much. Added on to Mama and Dad’s original two-room house when the kitchen and screened-in porch were built in the...
Gardening Farming
January 16, 2025
It begins in December. By January, seed and plant catalogs arrive at your mailbox (or email) almost daily. Browsing through their pages provides a wel...
Lifestyle
January 14, 2025
It’s a time of anticipation as we start the new year – and what better to look forward to than cooking with beef and trying new culinary trends? With ...
Lifestyle
January 14, 2025
Soup is a dish that wears many hats. When the weather becomes chilly, people often turn to soup to warm themselves up from the inside out. Soup, espec...
Events
Courtney Llewellyn 
March 13, 2026
Though this writer brings almost 100% Old World genetics to the table, sadly, that doesn’t include any ancestors from the Emerald Isle. Still, St. Pat...
Lifestyle
Courtney Llewellyn 
March 11, 2026
Grangers across the nation have a powerful opportunity to share the heart of agriculture with the next generation during the National Grange’s Agricul...
Lifestyle
Courtney Llewellyn 
March 9, 2026
I don’t know about you, but I have a particular spot for my mixing bowls, sifter, pots, pans and measuring cups. In fact, I have specific places for a...
Lifestyle
Courtney Llewellyn 
March 7, 2026
Soup is a staple anytime the weather is chilly or when a person feels like they are coming down with a cold. The warm, therapeutic effects of a delici...