November 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill Isn’t Michigan weather fun?! Last Friday, had you come by the store, you might have seen me out back, painting our new back door. I was lamenting the fact that I was wearing jeans — I would have been more comfortable in shorts! Saturday morning found me putting on […]
Michigan Music: Larry Groce — “Junk Food Junkie” and much more
by Steve Girbach So why does an article, or in this case an interview, about “Michigan Music” feature a musician who was born and raised in Texas, moved to New York after graduating college, and finally settled in West Virginia after performing there as a “Musician-in-Residence” sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts? Glad […]
October 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill Did somebody forget to tell Mother Nature that it’s October? The temperatures seem more like August right now, and I hear that the predictions for this winter are for it to be milder and drier than normal. I do worry when our winters are “mild” that the insects and […]
September 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill Do you remember the “Pushmi-Pullyu” creature from Doctor Doolittle? It was supposed to be a cross between a gazelle and a unicorn, but it had two heads (though in the movie, it looked more like a two-headed llama). One of the creatures in the Doctor’s group of animals, upon […]
July 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill I can’t tell you how much I appreciated the rain we saw at the beginning of this week! We all could have done without the high winds and other extremes that came with the rain (or the power outages for many), but I, for one, was super happy to […]
June 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill Here are some things to do in order to stay at least somewhat ahead of the game this month: In the veggie garden: The main thing we all need to be doing right now is watering. Everything. Constantly. That may be a slight exaggeration, but only a slight one. […]
May 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill The weather will straighten itself out eventually, and once it does, we are going to be so ready to get out and get things done. That’s a good thing, because there is so much to do in our yards and gardens in May! Flowers, Trees & Shrubs: As the […]
March 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill That weather was fun, huh?! Well, no, it wasn’t, actually. I hope everyone came out of it in generally good shape — that your power has been restored, your house didn’t sustain any damage from falling tree branches or limbs, and that you didn’t lose too much of the […]
February 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill Let’s Dream About Gardening! So far, winter hasn’t been too bad in our little corner of the world — not too many bitterly cold days, not too much snow, and the occasional glimpse of the sun to remind us that it’s still out there. Of course, we still have […]
Michigan Music: Banjo Mike Evans — Obsession … or passion?
by Steve Girbach Within minutes of stepping into Mike Evans’s home in Brooklyn, Mich., to do this interview, I began to see his obsession with the banjo, its history, music, and culture. I probably should have realized it sooner — after all, he does reference it in his name, Banjo Mike Evans. “When you get […]
