My potatoes probably won't grow heart-shaped tubers for me this year. In fact, if they could talk, I am sure they would be yelling at me. The reason: a Colorado potato beetle invasion. Starting on June 22, I picked off adult beetles every other day and crushed egg masses until there were ...
I enjoy gazing at fields of blooming yellow sunflowers as I drive by midwestern farmland at this time of year. Many people snap photos from their vehicles, and others seize the opportunity to hop out and use the golden fields as a scenic backdrop. The North Dakota Tourism Department provides ...
Several years ago, I was working with a producer in north Texas during a particularly hot and dry summer. He called me up one morning, and when I asked him how he was doing, he said, “Well, we’re one day closer to a rain.” That’s a great reminder that things will get better – we ...
Leave the kids at home and enjoy a wild evening out at Roosevelt Park Zoo during Adults Only Zoo Night on Wednesday, Aug. 12, from 5-8 p.m. Adults Only Zoo Night offers a fun and different way to experience the zoo. Throughout the evening, guests ages 21 and older can enjoy a leisurely stroll through the zoo and purchase drinks to enjoy as they explore. A special giraffe feeding will take place at 6 p.m.for $5 per person and is animal dependent. Train rides will also be available throughout the evening for $2 per person. Regular zoo admission rates apply for the event. All attendees ...
Editorial Note: This column is continued from Aug. 10. Like Villard in its infancy, the residents of Burlington, in its earliest days, were looking forward with some confidence to the arrival of a railroad at their location. Minnie Gasmann had mentioned the arrival of Northern Pacific ...
Editorial Note: This column is continued from July 15. Although Villard did not have a railroad come anywhere near it in the early 1880s, as discussed in the previous article, it had been named for Henry Villard, a German immigrant who was the Northern Pacific Railroad president from 1881 to ...
