The Great Outdoors

Easter is one season that brings out a wide variety of beautiful blooming plants including tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, azaleas, hydrangeas,

Whenever my lack of mechanical prowess threatens to surface, I sure miss the solenoid. It was always there for us,

One of the great pleasures of hanging around down at the livestock auction barn each Saturday morning is being able

Every year (and this year is no exception) gardeners get anxious to start gardening just as soon as the weather

Don’t let a lack of time or space get in the way of gardening your way to a healthy lifestyle.

Daybreak. Coffee. The Big Two. There’s something so satisfying about getting out of bed when the world is still dark

The seed racks are coming out and we are getting anxious to start gardening, even if it simply means sowing

There are two red-winged blackbirds and a mourning dove on the bird feeder outside my study window. A black-capped chickadee

Little River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and

It’s the first Saturday in March, 1973, and more than 40 dog mushers are ready to leave the semi-pro baseball

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner so many of you will be looking to buy a shamrock plant,

Little River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and

Indiana’s “CookIN Gone Wild” video series now teaches viewers not only how to prepare their wild game, but also how

A telephone caller told me she and her husband had seen twelve or thirteen bald eagles below the dam on

Well, totally unlike last year’s spring season, this year’s spring gardening is off to a very slow start. In 2012

Day started slowly, after Steve and Snort were already through two big pastures and into the birth of the hills.

January 31st, the end of the first month of the new year, I sat at my desk staring out the

The subject was love, of course, with Valentine’s Day upon us, and that’s why the grizzled and semi-grizzled members of

After all of this terrible cold weather along with record amounts of snow, Fort Wayne is ready for a touch

The public was invited to an awards breakfast February 5, 2014 hosted by the Anthony Wayne Area Council of the

The morning conference began innocently enough, with Steve and Doc arguing over which of the little packaged jellies went better

Little River Wetlands Project, a local nature organization protecting almost 1,200 acres of natural and restored wetlands in Allen and

This article is based off of information that was on the internet recently and I thought it was pretty good.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is again offering a late season for hunting Canada geese. The season runs February

One thing about cold: it drives folks indoors. But in some cases, it also can provide entertainment, enlightenment, laughter and

Now that Christmas is over we do not have to give up color in our homes. There are many beautiful

Horse riding enthusiasts are invited to Salamonie Interpretive Center on February 22 at 5:30 p.m. for a slide presentation and

Herb tried on the Santa suit this morning. Couldn’t button the middle button on the jacket, but fortunately the pants

If you were fortunate enough to receive a blooming holiday plant this year, you may be wondering just how to

During the late fall and early winter I get lots of calls about re-potting house plants that are not doing