Challenges of hiking the Appalachian Trail
Hiram resident David Defer has embarked on his Appalachian Trail hike — a hike that typically takes most thru-hikers some seven months.
Tractors replace animal-powered equipment
Beeman's garden tractors were one the first to advertise value over horses.
Garek’s first bluebird nest box
Scott Shalaway helps his grandson set up his first bluebird nest box.
Quitters never win
Kymberly Foster Seabolt is leery of signing up for things, following a few tricky subscription cancelations.
Spring into indoor seed starting
Seed starting allows you to get a head start on your growing season while saving you the money and time from going to a greenhouse.
A farmer worth a million dollars
Judith Sutherland had a modest childhood on the farm, but she'll never forget the day her father's tax accountant told him he was worth a million dollars.
Spring is off to gloomy start in the markets
Spring is here and the price skids so far have been as ugly as the weather.
Rains in the Plains and Argentina affecting markets
As we head into spring, our marketing eyes are on the rainfall.
How to successfully establish alfalfa
We are approaching a good time period to establish alfalfa seedings. Have you thought about what needs to be done to successfully establish alfalfa?
There’s an Alternate Kymberly
Alternate Kymberly is forever finding some great deal on something used, or a great crafty idea to use something she already owns.






















