Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Weeds are a persistent problem for Minnesota gardeners, spreading through wind, birds, compost, shoes, potting mix and neighboring areas. Vining and creeping weeds like Creeping Charlie and Canada thistle can invade gardens by growing small shoots or underground stems that travel underground before emerging. Harm from weeds • Competition:… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist Have you noticed a crease over your left eyebrow, crepey arm flesh, neck flab and more than a few gray hairs? Personally, my hair has turned white!  No longer do I frequent the drug store searching for the perfect color, with red highlights, to color my hair. Yes, I… Read More

Publisher’s Perspective By Tim Douglass, Publisher of the Pope County Tribune A few numbers caught my eye as I was reading a report about the D-Day anniversary event in France.  The first was that there are fewer than 100,000 WWII vets still living, as most approach the late 90s and the century mark. As the world commemorated … Read More

Inconvenient truths and lies From Eileen Halvorson Glenwood According to the Washington Post, in their respective first 100 days, Biden made 78 misleading claims and Trump made 511 misleading claims. Add to that “white” lies, such as Biden’s claim that he had three undergraduate degrees and Trump now saying that he never said “lock her… Read More

Stoneage Ramblings By John R. Stone It seems like the lack of precipitation we had last winter is be recouped this spring with plenty of rain. In fact I’m awfully glad that it is coming as rain rather than snow. One doesn’t have to shovel rain. Rain has also made a lot of things very green…. Read More

The Outdoors By Scott Rall, Outdoors Columnist I made my annual trip up to Upper Red Lake last week and for the first time in a very long time, we caught very few fish. The main reason for the dismal catch rates was the weather. We had high winds on two of the three days that… Read More

View From The Cab By David Tollefson, Columnist In the latest, The Farmer magazine of June 2024 is an article written by Kevin Schulz and Mindy Ward, that addresses the mental health issues of farmers. Quoted in the article is a young female farmer, a “millennial” (born between 1981 and 1996,) and a “baby boomer” (born between… Read More

Growing Green By Robin Trott, Extension Educator Anthracnose is a common disease affecting many shade trees in Minnesota, including ash, maple, birch, buckeye, elm, hornbeam, oak, walnut, linden, hickory and willows. This disease is caused by fungi that are specific to each type of tree, meaning the fungi infecting ash trees won’t infect maple or oak… Read More

From Where I Sit By Pat Spilseth, Columnist “It doesn’t matter who my father was,” Anne Sexton wrote, “It matters who I remember he was.” Fathers’ Day is only a week or so away. It’s time to shop for a new necktie or handkerchief for Dad. That’s what kids did in June back in the 1950s. Remember… Read More

Electing Donald Trump ‘will doom democracy’ From Jim Thoreen, Glenwood When Donald Trump was in the White House he told then Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham to use his method of lying: “As long as you keep repeating something, it doesn’t matter what you say.” I offered those words in a recent letter to the editor. … Read More