By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Valentines day is just around the corner, so you probably thinking about flowers for that special person. Red roses are the first flower that comes to mind for valentine flowers as they symbolize love. Even the guy who can’t tell a mum from a delphinium, knows what a rose is. Red roses… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Using her sweet conniving voice, Brunhilde the Driveway contacted me this morning earlier, while I was moving about the snowy farm yard admiring the large white frosty flocking job that Mother Nature had done on everything. Once one eliminated the less likeable aspects of winter, she can put a frost buildup… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Hi, I was wondering if you are stopped at a stop light and in a left turn lane and an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens come in behind you (either in the turn lane or the lane to your right), what is the proper procedure? Thank you!   Answer: When… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener This article was suggested to me by a reader. For a first-time gardener, buying seeds can be an adventure. They first have to determine what to plant, then what varieties, how much of each plant and then, design the plot. Let’s start with the plot. The rows should run north to south…. Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda Each day that I walk on the road for exercise, it becomes clearer and clearer that the drivers of the cars that meet me can be divided up into three categories. Walking gives you time to puzzle out stuff like this. The first category of people is the nicest one. These are… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: Hi, I was wondering if you are stopped at a stop light and in a left turn lane and an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens come in behind you (either in the turn lane or the lane to your right), what is the proper procedure? Thank you!   Answer: When… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda I just heard on the radio about a guy who up and decided one day to clean his fireplace chimney with a 16-gauge shotgun. Although I didn’t know this man, I felt a growing kinship with his ambitions. And admiration. Lots and lots of admiration. After all, not everyone can spend a… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Proven Winners Color Choice shrubs is introducing a dwarf weigela as a permeant replacement for coleus (really?). Midnight Sun weigela is only a foot tall and 18 inches wide and has colorful foliage.  It grows in full sun or light shade.  Our own Bailey Nurseries has a new ninebark out this spring…. Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: My truck was backed into yesterday and the mirror on the driver’s side broke off mirror. It is dangling by the wire now.  Will I be legal to drive if I remove it or do I try to tape it back into position until it can be fixed?   Answer: I… Read More

Bev Johnson  Master Gardener Bunkey decided last year that buying plants was too limiting so he determined to start his own. He bought all the proper equipment, covered flats, seed starting mix, shop lights and chains to put them at the proper distance from the new sprouts, heating cables and timers. He set up shop… Read More