Country & Rural Living Articles

You might say the residents of Aroostook County, Maine are always ready for snow. Aroostook is the northernmost county east of the Great Lakes, as well as the largest—it’s as big as Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.

All it takes is a few evenings in the mid-50s, and the hint of fall is in the air. While each season has its own aura of beauty, I think fall is the most colorful. For that reason, outdoor fall decorating is only limited to the decorator’s eye and the detail and time one is willing to put into the project.

Power, Reliability and Style Make These Tractors Stand Out
 

Mahindra USA, the leader in affordable, high-quality farm equipment, continues its commitment to provide hard-working, high value tractors in the United States with the launch of 13 new models for the 2011 season. These new workhorses will provide consumers with the perfect machines for everything from basic chores around the farm to landscaping. The new models will be available in limited quantities this fall.
 

It’s the most scenic drive in the Midwest. Take in the beautiful fall foliage driving alongside the Mississippi River on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway. Here, the Missouri, Mississippi and Illinois Rivers meet to form a 35,000- acre floodplain. The Mississippi, a working river, is also an environmental treasure. Historic 18th Century river towns, islands, bars, points and bends create beautiful scenery beneath limestone bluffs that are covered by forests extending over nearly 20,000 acres.

Does breed make a difference? It all depends on what you want to do with your horse. We’ll list a few breeds here and give a brief description of their general traits. This will help to narrow your selection. You must remember that in any breed you will have very docile and gentle creatures at one of the spectrum, and you’ll find fiery, irascible, and cantankerous animals at the other end. Remember, horses have a personality just as you and I do!

There are many varieties of tomatoes available to the home gardener, and this is one area
where it is really fun to experiment every year. The Heirloom varieties that are becoming
more available to us has made limiting what I decide to plant every year a very difficult
decision indeed. I’ve been very fortunate to have a neighbor who is even more of a tomato
nut than I am. Marie plants dozens of tomato plants early every spring, and because she
always has a surplus, I’ve enjoyed varieties of tomatoes I didn’t even know existed! While it

The Nebraska Sandhills is one of the most unique areas in the world. Spanning almost 20,000 square miles (one-fourth the area of Nebraska), it is the largest sand dune formation in the Western Hemisphere. Following the last ice age, wind took hold of the loose sand, blowing it into vast dunes reaching up to nearly 400 feet in height and stretching 20 miles across the landscape. Precipitation allowed grassland plants to take root in the shifting sand, eventually stabilizing the dunes and holding them in place.

New Product from IAM MFG., LLC.

Great for Picking Up:

KIOTI Tractor, a Division of Daedong USA, Inc., announced on 1-22-08 at their North American Dealer Meeting, the launch of their new 4-Year Full-Fleet Warranty.  While KIOTI has had a 4-Year warranty in place since February 15, 2006, this original warranty was geared towards tractors purchased for non-commercial use only, covering all parts and labor costs for drive line and engine component failures that occurred due to defective materials or workmanship within the first 48 months of ownership.

Naturalists have been feeding hummingbirds at Lake Hope State Park since 1995. A combination of commercial feeders and natural tube flowers are used.

Hand-feeding schedule summer of 2010
Program begins July 1st and ends August 29th
Visitors can learn about ruby-throated hummingbirds and attempt to hand-feed them!

Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 1:00pm-3:00pm each day. Stop by anytime during that period to give it a shot Lake Hope Nature Center