The Claim: Hay fever can lead to other allergies. The Facts: With spring under way, millions of hay fever sufferers are sneezing, sniffling and congested. But many sufferers are unaware that a pollen allergy can result in an allergy to fruits and vegetables, known as oral allergy syndrome. ...more

March 28, 2009

What To Do This Month •Prune rose bushes (not climbers). Cut back to healthy branches and remove weak stems. Remove all but three to five healthy canes, and cut these back a third to a half. ...more

February 8, 2009

Reminders of what to do and plant in your garden this week ...more

January 15, 2009

Do I really have to keep olive oil in the refrigerator like they said on TV? My refrigerator is getting to be more full of supplies than it is fresh food! ...more

November 23, 2008

Consumer tips for for substituting for whole wheat pastry flour, making refrigerator pickles, keeping olive oil fresh, making apple butter and other kitchen questions. ...more

November 18, 2008

The steepest run-ups in food prices since 1990 are hurting grocery shoppers, restaurants and school cafeterias, but they're making others rich. ...more

May 28, 2008

My dog had serious kidney disease, and rather than have him suffer long periods of not eating, we decided to put him to sleep. ...more

May 18, 2008

Mike and Dee Blaha are moving up, so to speak, in the world of agriculture. ...more

November 23, 2007

LAKE PLACID — It's still an unsolved mystery, what happened that night in 1997 when a call came to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. Lt. John Chess recalls, dimly because it was 10 years ago. His recollection and the murder files, he says, don't match author John Bowe's book, "Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy." (Hardcover, 336 pages. Price: $25.95) But Chess agrees with the premise of the book, that indentured servitude certainly does exist today, because he's a veteran police officer. "This has been going on for years," Chess said. ...more

September 30, 2007