Nature

Secret Garden

Published June 15, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

I call it my secret garden room. The leafy crown of an ancient soft maple tree covers my hideaway, its hollow trunk and limbs housing birds, squirrels, chipmunks, a mother raccoon and her two babies, and now and then,… Continue reading →

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Climate Change and Your Sinuses

Published March 9, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

Sinuses bothering you? Got allergies? The warmer it gets, the worse you’re going to feel. For global warming nonbelievers, maybe this should be a final wake up call. Scientists vow that climate change is real. Higher concentrations of CO_{2… Continue reading →}

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CAFO

Published February 17, 2012 | By Beth L Barnett

Have you heard of CAFO? It stands for Confined-Animal-Feeding-Operation.

Some years ago, our farm neighbor gave us a call. His sow had farrowed and she didn’t have enough teats to feed all her brood. Would we like the… Continue reading →

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Weeds and Wildlife

Published June 3, 2011 | By Beth L Barnett

If you live in Kansas, there are about four days in the spring and four days in the fall when you can comfortably get outside and garden. (Comfortably is the operative word.) Like the rest of the country, we’ve… Continue reading →