Use these resources to get the dirt on soil
I grew up playing in red dirt. Not in the south, but in central Ohio. The tree trunks were all stained red and when...
Monster to neighbor — attitudes about snakes
A few weeks ago I wrote about snakes and why they’re good to have around. I urged readers to protect them rather than kill...
Readers respond to past columns
Twice a year readers who write, telephone or send drone aircraft to my office take over this space to air their gripes, grievances and...
National Matches draw top shooters from all over
CAMP PERRY, Ohio — It takes a steady hand, a focused eye and several thousand rounds of practice shooting to get anywhere near the...
How were trees transported to sawmills years ago?
The western expansion and industrial revolution that occurred in the U.S. during the 19th century required billions of board feet of lumber. Trees were...
Don’t rock the boat
Last week I wrote of how graciously Mr. Wonderful took it when I accidentally bumped our (read: his) custom boat trailer off a post....
First World Problems of the scratch and dent variety
We have recently been beset by a plague of First World Problems.
First World Problems are defined as issues that arise from living in an...
Self-Confidence
I remember when I was very young, my parents bought me a little book that told the story of a little train trying to climb a mountain.
Commentary by Susan Crowell: What farm bill history do we want to repeat?
Editor Susan Crowell wonders if we've learned anything from past farm bill wrangling.
Fish Ohio program recognizes the big ones
Ohio’s sport fishing records are made to be broken; some sooner, some later, but eventually there’s always a bigger fish waiting to be caught....
