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The Green Thumb: Fall means garden cleanup
A lot of our garden activity at this time of year is focused on preparing for success in the next growing season.
Nov 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Personal Finances 101: Good debt or bad debt? It makes a difference
Of course, in the ideal world, where we all have more money than we need, we never need to borrow. Most of us, however, don’t live in an ideal world.
Nov 03, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ethics & Values: The yin and yang of grocery shopping
It may be that my wife and I are cheap, but we consider going to the grocery store a date. Many years ago, we looked into one another’s eyes and said “I do,” and we have. We also hope to continue ...
Oct 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Green Thumb: Think ahead for next year's pumpkin patch
This column is four or five months too late, but I can’t help but think about planting pumpkins when this time of year rolls around. There are few foods that are so nutritious, so delicious and so...
Oct 27, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ethics & Values: Is saving cash a fad or a habit?
This month, Woman’s Day magazine lists 27 ways to find bargains on the Internet. Consumer Reports for October rates 398 top products that are best buys, if you need them. Everywhere you turn, ther...
Oct 20, 2009 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Green Thumb: Fall's the time to make your garden fixes
Fall is the time to say goodbye to your annual garden, take a good look at your landscape, determine what worked well and what didn’t work during this growing season and plan for the spring. Using...
Oct 20, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Good Life: Living from the inside out
by Dianna Good/ Our Town
Oct 20, 2009 | 2 2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Too often, many of us look to our circumstances to determine how we feel about ourselves and our lives. We judge the apparent success or failure of our lives by our possessions, our relationships a...
Ethics & Values: On taking responsibilidy (sic)
by Mike McLellan
Oct 14, 2009 | 3 3 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
Confession, it is said, is good for the soul. Yet rarely do you overhear those wonderful words: “I’m sorry. I was wrong.”
Green Thumb: A little research helps a garden thrive
by Heather Hamilton
Oct 14, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
One of the best things we can do when planting is to make sure the plant we choose has the potential to thrive where we place it.
Rockin' Motherhood: Not-so-guilty motherhood pleasures
by Cicily Palmisano
Oct 13, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
These days, I am all for any way I can find to keep both the baby and me happy.
Ethics & Values: The correspondence of a fool
by Mike McLellan
Oct 07, 2009 | 30 30 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
Why will people say things anonymously that they would not if they showed their identity?
Green Thumb: The sunny side of the garden
by Heather Hamilton
Oct 07, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
Versatile and diverse, sunflowers are an American original.
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