While getting twigs picked up in the yard before mowing this week, I came across an interesting bit of wildlife, an Eastern Box Turtle. She was just digging at an old stump looking for grubs and …
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by Jim Boxberger Jr
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6/30/23
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Before I get into the meat of my column this week, I just wanted to point out how fast time flies. As you look at the picture above from Tuesday’s paper, take a look at the dates, Friday came …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/23/23
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If you have traveled around the county lately then you have surely seen the show that the native Mountain Laurels are putting on. I travel Route 55 between Eldred and White Lake often, and it is the …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/16/23
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Trying to get some yard work done on Tuesday was quite a chore with all the smoke that was around. I couldn’t believe reading the weather forecast on Monday at Thunder 102 that Tuesday we were …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/9/23
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Doesn’t it drive you nuts when you go to the store to get an item to finish a recipe, like a sixteen ounce can of pumpkin, only to find out that the can is now twelve ounces, for the same price …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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6/2/23
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Wow, Memorial Day Weekend is here already, where did May go? So now everyone can mow their lawns knowing they did their part to help honeybees in the northeast. But now the serious work begins, …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/26/23
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Now that ‘No Mow May’ is almost over, many of you will be out mowing lawns and weed whacking once again. But not every weed should be so quickly discarded. There are many so called, …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/19/23
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I mentioned last week that I moved and our new house has a lawn that is more moss than grass. This week, I moved our camper from the old house to new and found that the lawn is quite hard as well. …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/12/23
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I mentioned last week that I moved and our new house has a lawn that is more moss than grass. This week, I moved our camper from the old house to new and found that the lawn is quite hard as well. …
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Jim Boxberger, Jr
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5/12/23
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Happy Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May. The full moon is tonight and after tonight I am calling it safe to plant outside. I’m getting asked almost twenty times a day now, when can I plant? …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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5/5/23
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With the days getting warmer and longer, we are spending more time outdoors getting ready for the season ahead. Spring cleaning is in full swing and I have been doing a lot of spring cleaning this …
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Jim Boxberger
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4/28/23
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If you have been out of the house lately you must have seen the forsythia, with its golden yellow color, in full bloom. Forsythia are our reminder that now is the time to treat your lawn for …
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Jim Boxberger
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4/21/23
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