The Back Porch: Three young people changing the lives of so many
Is it really possible to fulfill your lifetime dreams? Is graduation really the launching pad to greater heights and the ability to help solve societal problems?....more>>
My last deep involvement with news broadcasting was the Scott Peterson chronicle. The events occupied my mind for hours after the broadcast. I started deliberating about each character who played a role in the incident. That stole my time and mind.
Age doesn’t really matter, as long as there is interest. Keep their first garden small, planting only several of the vegetables they recognize and like.
Growing older has its privileges. And one of them is to develop a lower threshold of tolerance for some of the stupid, inconsiderate things that other people do.
“What do you do around here for fun?” Everyone laughed. Although this Dutch farming community advertises itself as growing, population of 5,600 doesn’t exactly equate a boomtown.
Many of the recipes are the simple and satisfying dishes of our growing-up years. Others are sinful concoctions of sugar and butter. Here are a few that made my mouth water...
For months, you’ve been planning, imagining what your garden would look like in full bloom and all during harvest. But what will it look like next winter when the snow comes back? Before you put those seed catalogs down, check out “The Garden in Winter” by Suzy Bales.
The carpenter had been finished for three days. I still didn’t feel settled. Edgy feelings were intensifying. Everywhere I looked piles of books lay against the wall in our remodeled living area.
When buying plants or starting from seeds, Zone 4 stretches from St. Cloud south to central Iowa. Above St. Cloud is Zone 3, and south of central Iowa is Zone 5.