Ever do something really dumb? All of us have, and more than once, but the stupidest thing I ever did in my life happened on an ice fishing trip. It happened about 40 years ago when a partner and I drove to a good sized farm pond that had some lunker bluegills. We stopped at […]
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Someone asked me recently if I had an absolute favorite outdoor sport, and it proved a tough question. As readers know, I love hunting and fishing of any kind, but when I thought a little more I had to say that skin diving (snorkeling) ranked extremely high. It’s a wonderful sport, one that lets you […]
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Gardening can demand some tough choices when it comes to protecting your vegetables from insects. Many people solve the problem the easy way by hosing down vegetables with a powerful insecticide like Sevin or whatever. It definitely works, but I get goose bumps when I think about vegetables glistening with insecticides and more dripping into […]
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Ohio’s ice fishing has been slow in coming this year. Bitter cold days that see first a skim over local ponds and lakes, then thicker ice, then a warm spell that eats it away again. But traditionally good ice of 5-6 inches comes sooner or later, and now it’s here, and local anglers begin gathering […]
Ice fishing season comes upon us just as soon as area lakes and farm ponds reach a safe ice thickness, and that means it’ll be time to catch those first of the winter meals of bluegill and crappie fillets. Coming out of ice water they’ll be unusually tasty. But after four or five trips for panfish, it […]
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The average home can be pretty grim in mid-winter, mostly just shades of white and grey, along with any colors in the furniture and walls. Some bright greens are needed now, some flowers, some scent, some reason to walk into a room and smile, instead of frown. Which is why every home needs some plants. […]
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Remember the good old days? When it was an annual tradition for family and friends to gather together for the autumn apple butter making. The mix of apples and cider was cooked in a big copper kettle over a wood fire, and the contents stirred with a big wooden paddle. The result was tasty, especially […]
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