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The lack of significant rainfall across many areas of Michigan combined with high temperatures has resulted in turfgrass stress. Lawns that were soaking wet throughout much of April and early May have now turned brown. Many homeowners choose not to irrigate their lawn and, once the lawn starts to...
Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
Does anyone have a recipe for Cherry Pie or Cobbler that they will share?...
Question:
I served in the military, and I’ll receive a military pension when I retire. Will that affect my Social Security benefits?
Answer:
You can get both Social Security retirement benefits and military retirement at the same time. Generally, we don’t reduce your Social Security benefits...
This rare blackbird requires a specific habitat for breeding—a large cattail marsh with standing water from two to four feet deep. Nayanquing Point State Wildlife Area is a place that fits the bill, and for many years the Yellow-headed Blackbird, generally confined to western North America, has...
5 Years Ago (July 2015)
• The PHS team took 3rd in the state CyberCamp robotics competition at Eastern Michigan University. Team members were Abby Maciag, Justin Dean, Rebecca Hahn, Trevor Sowmick, Carter Albrecht, and Olivia Berger. Teacher advisors were Len Pomaville and Jason Penberthy.
10 Years...
Weather continues to be a challenge as flood conditions have changed to drought. While unwatered lawns have turned brown, the native tall grasses are thriving as they have much deeper roots (up to twelve feet for big blue stem).
Baby animals that were constantly dependent on their mother are now...
Lynn Eckerle is the author of the weekly food column The Recipe Exchange along with a blog, Lynn’s Musings From a Deep Well. She loves country cooking, small town living and taking the back roads.
Dear Lynn,
I’m looking for dessert recipes made with peaches.
Delores from Litchfield
Dave from...
I hope you had an enjoyable 4th of July. I also hope you know the meaning of it, so many of our young adults do not based on interviews. Many think it is a time of cookouts and fireworks, they think it is an event celebrated around the world. It is not.
It is a celebration of the founding of our...