(AP) — A season of rain is as trying as a season of drought. Excess rain creates gooey soil, which is no fun for planting if you are a human and no fun for growing if you are a plant. Roots need air, and day after day of rain can fill all the soil pores with water. The result: Roots have ...
“Happy Anniversary” flashed the message on my phone as it sat on a kitchen counter smudged with waffle batter and covered with grapes and cups of coffee and orange juice. My body was aching, my back and feet screaming at me from a week of scheduling madness, keeping me and my big belly on ...
There is little that is as distasteful as finding a thoroughly steamed green caterpillar in your broccoli or cauliflower on your plate!!! These little green caterpillars are the product of two common flying insects. The Imported Cabbage Butterfly is one of these insects. It is white with ...
STANLEY – The Sibyl Center in Stanley will present “Ladies Day” on Saturday, Aug. 26. Doors will open at 1:15 p.m. for viewing the private collections on display. A fashion show of vintage wedding dresses will be presented at 2 p.m. by Wanda Rodin and Gail Huff. Musical ...
From StatePoint News Service Congratulations, you’ve purchased a home! Now what? You’ve saved a million ideas on Pinterest and you’re ready to start making improvements. But how do you prioritize to make the most of your money? Consider these simple upgrades to transform your new house ...
It rained last weekend. For the first time since spring arrived, the clouds rolled in during the early morning and they hung over the land all day like a sweet, life-giving blanket, sending waves of drenching water, turned to sprinkles, turned to mist turned back to heavy rain, on and off all ...
Blossom end rot is a frustrating condition that affects tomatoes, peppers, summer and winter squash, eggplant, pumpkin, and melons. It shows up as a drying, decaying spot on the blossom end of the vegetable which is the end opposite the stem. The cause is a lack of calcium in the plant. The ...
She was munching on a pea pod I’d plucked from the plant in front of her, her fine blonde hair escaping from the ball cap she insists on wearing backwards, rendering it completely useless for protecting her rosy cheeks from the 80 degree day. Before she finishes her first garden treat, ...
Make recycling green debris into compost convenient and attractive. Create a space you and your neighbors will appreciate. And locate composting in a convenient area that is easy to access and manage, so you are more likely to do it. You’ll quickly recoup your initial investment of time and ...
When an area resident received a call last week from a scammer saying there was a warrant out for her arrest, she contacted her local law enforcement agency. The area resident didn’t answer the phone call but the caller left a voicemail saying the IRS had an arrest warrant out for her ...
WATFORD CITY — Last night, the person in front of me paid for my meal at the drive through. It had been a long Monday, and I got to the end of it only to realize I hadn’t really eaten anything all day. So I went to one of the only drive-throughs in town, sacrificing nutritional value and ...
Fall web worms and their messy web nest are showing up on trees and shrubs. The caterpillars feed on the leaves of the trees and shrubs, and then retreat to the nest at night. Unless it is a very small tree or shrub, or one very recently planted, they will do no serious damage to the plant. ...
Getting rid of weeds is a problem. Common milkweed is primary food source for the monarch butterfly but this wide-leafed weed can be an annoyance when it pops up in lawns, flower beds and gardens, it can be an annoyance. When milkweed is in a lawn, Ken Eraas, horticulture assistant with ...
They left me with a plate of Snickerdoodles, a fridge full of half-finished dips, opened bottles of white wine, sheets to be washed and a heart full and lonesome at the same time. A group of eight of my friends made their way to the ranch from Colorado, Minnesota and eastern North Dakota last ...
We all want our trees to grow fast and provide us with shade and add beauty to our yards. With our short growing season and dry weather such as we are having now, trees need all the help we can give them to prosper. There are a couple of lawn tasks that we do regularly which are very harmful ...
The Minot Symphony Orchestra will be hosting the 23rd annual Secret Garden Tour and Garden Store Wednesday from 4:30-8:30 p.m., rain or shine. This year’s event features the gardens of Michael and Teri Tingly, Doug and Kathy Larson, Susan and Debra Jaicks, DeLane Krueger, and Mark and ...
I imagine everyone has some familiar scent that hits their lungs and brings them back to a time in childhood when they felt so deeply loved, so overwhelmingly safe, so much themselves. So free. Maybe it’s your grandmother’s warm cookies from the oven or the smell of a diesel tractor ...
Leaf curling and rolling in vegetables can be caused by virus diseases, insects and herbicide drift. However, summer is when we often see leaf cupping and rolling problems in vegetable crops that are not caused by pests or chemicals. It is most commonly seen in tomatoes, but peppers, potatoes, ...