Weather events may impact harvest and its stress levels
Who would have thought at the beginning of summer that much of the grain-producing area of the United States and Canada would receive too much rain in late summer?
Author gets to The Heart of Things in essays on Midwest
eaving the suburbs of Detroit as a younger man, with a stint in Alaska, John Hildebrand returned to the Midwest for work and writes about what makes the area a great place to call home in his new collection of essays, The Heart of Things.
Homemade marshmallows hit the spot in a fall cookout
ate summer and early fall is the season to get in your last campouts or picnics in the park before cold weather sets in. But as far as that goes, anytime the weather is nice on your patio or deck you’ll be doing some outdoorsy stuff – and one of the best is toasting marshmallows over a campfire or grill.
Collector impresses his fellow show-goers with English tractor
Dan Magness of Whitehall, Md., brought his 1949 Field Marshall tractor to the Historic Farm Days at Penfield, Ill. Dan said he found the beautiful Field Marshall about 20 years ago in Lancaster, Pa., at an Amish consignment auction.
