Lots of people don’t care much for lettuce, and for good reason. The kind most of us buy and/or eat at restaurants is usually rock hard commercial iceburg lettuce that’s watery and has essentially no flavor at all. Some restaurants and supermarkets do offer other kinds, and that’s a blessing, but there’s a world of […]
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Published February 2005 Hocking Hills in springtime is a beautiful place with rugged hills covered by trilliums, spring beauties, and other flowers. In summer it’s a cool, shaded place with challenging hikes and climbs, and come fall, the hills are a riot of color with wild turkeys gobbling in the valleys. But winter? It’s a […]
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Published February 2005 The shank of winter is a hard time for most outdoorsmen. Hunting is essentially over, river and stream fishing is scarce, and the outdoor shows are few and far between. So, what can you do over the next weeks before the weather breaks and lawn grass starts to green up? You head […]
Published February 2005 Gardening is a wonderful business, as all green thumbers know, with good fresh produce at harvest time, produce that grew under your own eye instead of being sent from Bolivia or Mexico. But it’s a darn shame when you prepare the ground, plant the seed, fertilize, water, hoe, and carefully raise something […]
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Ever hear of solunar tables? Many readers, especially younger ones, haven’t, but lots of old veterans have and believe in them so fiercely that they plan hunting and fishing trips around the tables. For those unfamiliar with the tables, sol means sun and lunar means moon, and the basic idea is that the two together […]
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What’s big (8-10 pounds), beautiful, watches you with 100 eyes, and has a scream that some have compared to a “goosed school girl.” Did you guess pea fowl or perhaps just peacocks? That’s right and while the birds are fairly rare in our area, some farmers do have a few, especially those who like something […]
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Published February 2005 Most readers are fully aware of the significance of Easter. They know it’s history, what should happen on each day, and the climax of the important event. But did you ever wonder where the Easter Bunny fits into this religious scenario? Not surprisingly, the Easter Bunny is one of the most beloved […]
Each year Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October, the day that Christopher Columbus discovered America. But there’s a good deal of controversy about the event these days, since evidence is growing that it wasn’t Columbus, but the Vikings that discovered our country, evidence reported more than once in magazines like Archaeology […]
It’s the shank of the winter and not much is doing out there. Hunting is essentially over, the ice is iffy, and about the only fishing is for steelhead and saugeye. Which is okay, because saugeye particularly can provide some fun fishing, at least given proper conditions. This below dam sport has been slow most […]
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Published February 2005 Winter still has a firm grip in Feburary on our area of northcentral Ohio, but spring is coming and before you know it, the first crocus and daffodils will be pushing up through damp soil. Before that happens, you might like to give a little consideration to tomatoes. Tomatoes are great plants, […]
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