Ken-Do Attitude
Perennials can add versatility, color
Welcome to June, the first month of summer and it is National Perennial Plant Month. Perennial plants offer a low-maintenance planting solution for long lasting beauty. Unlike annual plants that need replanting every season,...
Sweet Simplicity
Pets help us feel better, a tail wag at a time
This time a year ago, my family adopted our first golden retriever — a giant, lovable ball of fluff we affectionately named Adley. He joined our basset hound sisters and two cats at home, instantly doubling the chaos and...
Gardening Tips
Blue false indigo a treasure in blue-purple
Blue false Indigo or Baptisia australis is a lovely herbaceous perennial plant that waits until the spring warms the earth before emerging with a large clump of soft colored blue green clover like leaves in May. Each leaf is...
Antique Discovery
Collecting World War II rationing stamps
(Editor’s note: DeeDee Wood is the owner of Black Cat Curiosities, an online antiques research and sales venue.) After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States entered World War II. This also began...
