As the area of our knowledge grows, so does the perimeter of our ignorance. Neil deGrasse Tyson When my wife, Cheryl and I were in Lamington National Park, QLD, Australia, we learned about Red Bull Ants. They have nothing to do with the soft drink but do have unusual powers. “They are characterized by their… (read more)
100 years ago, my grandfather sold boxes of apples door to door in St. Louis. He picked them up at the train station. They were labeled “Kettle Falls”. Lenore Bible and her brother worked after school nailing apple boxes together in Kettle Falls to make money for their family after their father died in an… (read more)
I have been writing about regenerative agriculture in the North Columbia Monthly for 5 years and for the last 3 years have been writing about the establishment of Hudson’s Bay Fort Colvile (sic) 200 years ago in the Silverado. This summer those two passions converged as I attempted to understand a Salish language word by… (read more)
It was a dry winter and June was a dry month. A lot of us farmers are worried about the lack of water. Still more folks are worried about fire danger. With water in mind, earlier this Spring I started collecting rainwater off the metal roof of my office building. We have been using it… (read more)
