Forget the hateful things I wrote about pond muck. Pond muck is my new best friend in the garden. “Pond muck is an excellent, nutrient-rich organic fertilizer packed with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, suitable for gardens, trees, and composting,” according to Google’s AI ...
A double whammy hit young Edwin Coppoc of Winona in early 1842. His father died and because his mother was unable to care for all her six children, 6-year-old Edwin was sent to live with John Butler near Salem. Butler, a Quaker, was a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad. He reportedly ...
“You have to cut back on the garden this year,” my wife said. I nod and smile. Of course I will (won’t.) Honey has to share part of the blame because of her no-kill philosophy about the spring vegetable and flower plants she starts in our house under, as she puts it, 16 feet of grow ...
I feel it is imperative we citizens of St. Clair Township vote YES for the police levy Tuesday, May 5. I’m sure we want the same level of professional law enforcement we are now provided and, to continue this, we need our officers to have individual body cameras, patrol our streets and ...
February job loss numbers tell a complex tale in Ohio, as despite the loss of 5,400 jobs, the unemployment rate actually went down. According to a report by the Ohio Capital Journal, that is because 2,000 Buckeye State residents simply left the workforce. On top of that, Molly Bryden, a ...
David Holbrook died. David was my summer friend and the other half of our gang, The Ringneck Club, during endless boyhood days at the Tomlinson Run State Park swimming pool in the 1950s. David was always there because his father, Napoleon “Nap” Holbrook, was in charge at the state park. ...