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Pet Safety Over the Holidays

On November 22, 2017November 18, 2017 By Len WilcoxIn Country life, Food SafetyLeave a comment

  All of a sudden, it’s the holidays! I don’t know about you, but I’m surprised. They seem to come earlier each year. But there’s no getting around it; it’s time for thanksgiving, and Christmas is just around the corner. With all the great food on Thanksgiving, we need to remember that our pets can’t …

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How to Wear a Cowboy Hat

On November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 By Len WilcoxIn Country life, WesternersLeave a comment

  One of my favorite writers published a piece that told the rules for wearing a cowboy hat. That writer is Bob Boze Bell, an Arizona cowboy who is also the publisher of True West Magazine. Now, I like wearing a cowboy hat; not only is there nothing better for shading your head and neck, …

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Weather: Or Not

On September 28, 2017September 27, 2017 By Len WilcoxIn Country life, Science and EnvironmentLeave a comment

  It’s finally fall. This year, summer held on to the last possible second, giving us the treat of one of the hottest summers ever. Here in the Fresno, California area, we set a record for the most days above 105. Yea, its a distinction we could have done without, but we didn’t have any …

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The Farmbot

On September 14, 2017September 10, 2017 By Len WilcoxIn Agriculture, Country life, Sustainable AgricultureLeave a comment

  A gentlemen from San Louis Obispo wants to change how people garden, and may change how you farm. He’s built a machine that takes the work out of gardening and puts the precision in. It’s a farm bot and I need one. I used to love having a home garden. Growing really good peppers …

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Hatch Chile Festival

On September 10, 2017January 12, 2018 By Len WilcoxIn Country life, Travel, Western Places and EventsLeave a comment

  California has great wine, but New Mexico folks say they have the best peppers in the world. And it’s time to celebrate that; the growers around Hatch New Mexico are holding their annual Chile Festival. Hatch is a village located in the Mesilla Valley, north of Las Cruces. They grow wine in the valley …

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Longmire Days

On June 28, 2017January 12, 2018 By Len WilcoxIn Country life, Travel, Western Places and EventsLeave a comment

  Coming up in July is a festival that I’d really like to attend. It’s Longmire days, held, appropriately enough, in Buffalo, Wyoming. Buffalo is a small town in the north central part of the state. It’s the seat of Johnson County, which is well known in history for soundly whipping an army of hired …

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Responding to the Prarie Fires

On June 23, 2017June 18, 2017 By Len WilcoxIn Country life, WesternersLeave a comment

  Most of us in Agriculture are aware that areas of the midwest were devastated by massive wildfires in March of 2017. The fires were headline news for a couple of days, but those headlines faded quickly. Many people outside of agriculture had no idea just how unbelievably huge the fires were. The losses were …

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