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Spring Has Sprung Apr. 20, 2025
Dear Readers: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover. Spring is a time to ge... Read More
Easter and Springtime Joy Mar. 31, 2024
Dear Readers: Wishing each of you a happy Easter and happy springtime. Below are some quotes for ins... Read More
Pollen, Cold or COVID? Let's Play Spring Mad Libs Mar. 23, 2024
During an (adjective) stroll through the park on a sunny March, I was overcome by a series of violen... Read More
My Garden Is Still a Mess, and Yours Should Be Too Mar. 15, 2024
I still have dry flower stalks and leaf litter across my yard. The weather is warming with the start... Read More
On the Road Mar. 08, 2024
It's Newt Night. Frog Fest. Salamanderpalooza. The temperature is brushing up against 50 where I liv... Read More
This Is the Time of Year To Touch Grass Feb. 24, 2024
Someone recently asked: Have you been to the beach lately? No, I said. Despite living in a peninsula... Read More
April Brings a Bit of Everything Under the Sun Apr. 26, 2023
The sun was warm but the wind was chill/You know how it is with an April day. — Robert Frost ... Read More
Mother's Day is for Planting May. 06, 2022
Mother's Day means I can put flowers in the ground without fear of frost. It's the commercial name g... Read More
Spring Has Sprung Apr. 17, 2022
Dear Readers: Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover week. Spring is a time ... Read More
The Season Flu By Apr. 13, 2022
We're wrapping up a second full flu season in the middle of a pandemic, and like 2020-2021, the late... Read More
Organic Mulch is Beneficial Mar. 30, 2022
Question: The trees planted in our new subdivision have grass planted right up to the trunks. I want... Read More
Springtime Brings a Blooming Bouquet -- of Illness Mar. 26, 2022
After two long years of winter, it's finally starting to feel like spring. Because, at least in our ... Read More
Equinox Dreaming Mar. 20, 2022
The astrological community chose the opening of the zodiac year to celebrate International Astrology... Read More
Time to Make Maple Syrup Mar. 09, 2022
A sure sign of spring is the sight of maple syrup buckets on the sides of sugar maple trees. Early s... Read More
Turn Clocks Back on Daylight Saving Time Nov. 02, 2021
Twice a year, the federal government gives back something it took from millions of Americans with th... Read More
Lawn Grubs Jun. 16, 2021
Q: I was wondering about grubs because my neighbor said his yard had lots of grubs last fall. When s... Read More
Spring Wildflowers Apr. 21, 2021
Spring is moving north. One way we know that is to look at the early spring ephemeral wildflowers. T... Read More
Prediabetes and Your Heart Apr. 16, 2021
If you've gotten the news that you have prediabetes, no doubt you panicked — at least for a mi... Read More
Life, Still Sep. 17, 2020
Today was the day. Marked it on the kitchen wall calendar, which hangs next to the sink because we c... Read More
Hello, Joy May. 14, 2020
My annual order of wildflower seeds arrived in the mail, and I've never been so eager to start somet... Read More
