Oh, deer!

Oh, deer!

Protecting your garden from free-roaming deer and elk can be a challenge, especially as the summer nears a close and sweet, tender garden greens beckon the beasts to come in for a snack.  Deer gracefully leap over fences lower than 6 feet high, and elk disrespectfully...
Long Sleeves and Grandma’s Pickles

Long Sleeves and Grandma’s Pickles

Driving to La Grande for an early morning meeting one August morning in 2016, the radio news reporter stated Union County’s average temperature that month was .9 degrees above average. I wondered: Are you talking about our Union County in Oregon, or the Union...