Thursday, November 21, 2024

A reporter shares his firsthand account of surviving Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, reflecting on the impact of climate change as storms intensify.

Beginning in early October, the witch hazel suddenly bursts into bloom and is in full splendor by Halloween.

Jim Kibler, of Kibler's Longrifles makes high-quality longrifle kits at his shop in Hanoverton, Ohio,
christmas garland

I’m probably getting ahead of myself talking about the New Year when HalloThanksMas season has only just begun, writes Kymberly Seabolt.
fall sunset

Judie reflects on the life of her sister-in-law Mary, who recently passed away.
rooster

Eliza Blue knows the problem with roosters, but she can't help herself when her children want to get chicks at the local hatchery.
A man holding a horse's hoof against his knees and trimming it with a file

Bryce Angell writes about some difficulty he had with shoeing a horse around his friend Gene.
white beans in yellow bowl

Becoming independent from the industrial food system takes a lot of work and requires an enormous number of calculations.

There are so many things we can do to incorporate backyard conservation practices to keep rain where it falls, minimize stormwater runoff and pollution, provide wildlife habitat and improve soil health and landscape beauty.
money

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the government watchdog overseeing the world’s largest agricultural and financial futures contracts, is being courted by the cryptocurrency industry