Signal Tribune Newspaper

By Jennifer E. Beaver
Columnist
The title of this week’s column is adapted from one of my favorite books, Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes. “First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys,” writes Bradbury in his prologue.

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By Jennifer E. Beaver
Columnist
I never thought we had a particularly big front lawn…until we decided to remove the grass. Turns out that writing about lawnicide is much easier than actually doing it.

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By Jennifer E. Beaver
Staff Writer
Should you pee on your compost pile?

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By Jennifer E. Beaver
Last night, I was awakened by the faint but unmistakable odor of skunk– probably the same one my neighbor saw walking boldly down the street, strutting like Pepé Le Pew. A few weeks earlier, we heard the shrieks and chitters of happy raccoons as they discovered the fish emulsion-soaked soil in my [...]

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Did you plant tomatoes and other edibles in the spring? If so, you’re probably enjoying the fruits of your labors. Isn’t it tempting to let the zucchini do its thing while you lounge around in the hammock?
Not so fast.
Many gardening magazines and books will tell you that this is a slow season with little to [...]

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