In case you missed last week’s column, so did I. I was traveling to visit my mom in Southwest Florida and completely forgot to get my column in early. That being said, the plant I was going to …
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Jim Boxberger
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1/20/23
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Did you enjoy the warm weather we have had lately? Don't worry it won't last and we will be back to winter before long. But this warm weather does pose a problem for your yard.
After the …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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1/6/23
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What ever happened to sleigh riding? We have plenty of snow this year to get outside and enjoy the winter yet you never see kids out playing in it. When I was a kid, my friends and I would be out …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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12/30/22
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Just two days before Christmas and we are riding a roller coaster when it comes to the weather. Freezing temps a few days ago, now heavy rain and fifty degrees, and down into the teens tonight. …
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Jim Boxberger
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12/23/22
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Well it looks like a White Christmas after all. Brake out the eggnog, hot cocoa or mulled cider and let’s sit around the yule log. If you don't have a fireplace for a yule log, usually on …
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Jim Boxberger
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12/16/22
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Covid has changed everyone's life whether you were directly affected or just know who were. Things we used to take for granted like shaking hands, seems to still be taboo even today. Maybe in …
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Jim Boxberger
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12/9/22
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The smell of that turkey roasting in the oven or the stuffing on the stove, the smells of last week will last in our memory until next Thanksgiving. What smells do you remember from Thanksgiving the …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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12/2/22
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So we got our first blast of winter this week, and we still have four weeks until winter officially gets here. And although many of you may disagree with me on this one, we need the snow, sooner …
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Jim Boxberger
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11/18/22
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Did you already spend that extra hour of sleep you got back last weekend? Many of you are probably still looking for that extra hour and really you are just taking back the hour you gave away in the …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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11/11/22
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Beware your firewood if you didn't cut it yourself nearby. There have been more and more cases of dangerous insects traveling into our area from abroad on or in firewood. There are restrictions in …
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Jim Boxberger
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11/4/22
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So it is getting colder outside and the garden is gone. The leaves have fallen, so there is not much to say about the trees and shrubs.
The grass is done growing, so there is no …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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10/28/22
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Last week I wrote about the fact that Chinese interests are buying up U.S. farmland and how this is effecting the trade deficit, but it is also putting our food security in jeopardy. If all grocery …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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10/21/22
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