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Lets test your knowledge with todays quiz from Bill Flick.

The award-winning Smith County Master Gardeners will once again open the gates to their annual home garden tour, showcasing the green-thumb talent and horticultural delights of local enthusiasts.

NCW — The planner includes fun activities and special events for May 9-15, including art classes, game nights, a writers group and dancing, plus the Manson Apple Blossom Festival events.

This weeks column from Tom Carpenter.

Fertilizing houseplants can be resumed in April, after a period of no fertilization from October to March. Most potting mixes have little soil and few nutrients, so it is important to apply fertilizer. Synthetic water-soluble products and liquid organic fertilizers are recommended, as well as synthetic slow-release fertilizers. Different plants have different fertilization needs.

There’s a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip I love, which opens with Calvin and his tiger discussing whether the adults around them are normal.

Gene Copenhaver, a rare Easterner to serve as vice president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, is working on everything from the Farm Bill to environmental regulations.

Dear Neil: Since the extreme cold of February, 2021, we have had trouble with this one live oak.

Spring is a season of renewal for farmers and honeybees and a reminder of Gods provision and leadership.

HOLLAND — Surrounded by 36 acres of colorful tulips, spectacular gardens, plush-grass picnic areas, canals and a 115-foot tall, 250-year-old Dutch windmill that was dismantled in its Netherlands location and