CATHIE DRAINE: Efficient, frugal ideas often the best solutions

Years ago, Master Gardener Elaine Anderson and I were speakers at a program. I announced that I looked for cheap and easy strategies. Elaine stated more elegantly that she sought frugal and efficient

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0700

Couple’s ‘librage’ a unique combination of library, garage

Retired pastors Jeri and Richard "Mitch" Behringer took the words of another pastor, Harry Emerson Fosdick, to heart when they began planning for retirement. Fosdick once said, "Don't s

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0700

CATHIE DRAINE: New Plant Hardiness Zone map a go-to tool

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the new version of the Plant Hardiness Zone Map, the crucial go-to tool for gardeners to determine, by this 30-year study of minimum winter temperatures

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0700

Vendors make the most of raw materials

As an agricultural producer, Martha Hiatt of Miles City, Mont., is conscientious about what she buys for equipment, clothing and her household items. While shopping at the Black Hills Stock Show &

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0700

CATHIE DRAINE: Gardening events start to spring up in the area

It's 54 days until the first day of spring, March 20. Kitchen tables that are meant to host bountiful meals are groaning under the load of seed and plant catalogs and the many started but not finished

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0700

Couple look to future with kitchen

Eighty-five miles east of Rapid City, at the edge of Philip, sits Linda Kroetch's new dream home. She and her husband, Bruce, looked into the future to design a home that would fit them in their later

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:00:00 -0700

HOUSEWORKS: Simplest answers are best

A buddy came to me a while back with a home repair problem.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:15:00 -0700

FAVORITE SPACES: Every corner of room tells a story

At first glance, the small, tucked-away room in Nancy Ericson's home appears to be a spot for scrapbooking.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:22:00 -0700

DRAINE: Information can help stop invasive plant species

A year ago, Doug Tallamy spoke at the "Spring Fever" gardening event in Rapid City.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:20:00 -0700

CATHIE DRAINE: Forum to offer a new version of ‘Spring Fever’

Change is good and natural; change is an indication of life and of vigor in an animal (including humans), plants, programs and - speaking more broadly - of cultures.

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:00:00 -0700