If your garden is missing something, perhaps it's height. While it's too late to plant tall-growing delphiniums or hollyhocks, you can achieve this same vertical interes...
Edging adds elegant finish to garden beds
One summer when I couldn’t finish weeding an 80-foot-long border of shrubs and perennials, my mother — an avid English gardener ...
How many of you rinse off dishes first before putting them in the dishwasher?
Since, to get out of cooking, I take care of cleaning up and that involves loading the dish...
Produce looks, tastes good
“Garbage gardening” is an easy and inexpensive way to grow flowers and edibles using kitchen scraps — the pits, seeds and roots that otherwise ...
Barbershops cater to wedding parties
Ben Thompson was having trouble thinking of a way to thank the groomsmen in his wedding.
“I didn't want to buy something tacky or cli...
Beatboxing, juggling, dancing, singing, music and magic will be performed by Alex Zerbe at this year’s Butler Farm Show.
The self-described “human cartoon” moves like a ...
Charity animal will be sold first
For the third year, the Butler County 4-H Beef Breeding Club will sell an animal it has raised with all proceeds going to a charity.
Thi...
Homeowners who experience even a small amount of water seeping into their homes either from flooding or a broken pipe should be concerned about mold.
It doesn’t take muc...
One attraction at the Butler Farm Show this year, as in the past, will be a Bear Mountain Show.
The entertaining and educational show features five bears, named Giza, Na...
While each year hundreds of people bid on livestock at the Junior Livestock Market Sale, some may not realize the effort it takes to prepare for the event.
The auction, ...
