Boost Plant Growth with a Simple Soil Test

Whether you’re growing tomatoes, managing crops or striving for the perfect lawn, soil testing is key to success. A soil test identifies nutrient levels and soil fertility, ensuring your plants get exactly what they need to thrive. Your Soil. Your Solution.

The Right Equipment Readies You For Storms, Unpredictable Spring Weather: Are You Prepared?

Weather is more unpredictable than ever before, and homeowners should take stock of the outdoor power equipment they have in their garages and sheds to handle ensuing damage left behind. Preparation is key—before a storm and unseasonable weather hits a community.

OUTDOORS

You will find this week’s outdoor column a bit different from what I normally share with you. I will give a bit of advice about protecting yourself from the sun’s harmful rays, but I promise not to dwell on the subject long, just enough to cause you to keep yourself safe while outdoors.

FINANCIAL FOCUS

Going through a divorce is emotionally painful and can disrupt one’s life in many ways — but does it also have to be financially devastating? Not necessarily. You can help yourself greatly by making a series of moves.

Did You Know?

According to the World Cancer Research Fund, people who work with metalworking fluids have a significantly higher risk for bladder cancer than those who do not confront such exposure. Metalworkers and machine operators are most likely to use metalworking fluids during a workday.

A Berry by Any Other Name

What’s in a name? Well apparently a lot. Or, apparently nothing. When it comes to berries, it depends on which berry to which you refer. Recently I unexpectedly dove down a rabbit hole A berry, berry big rabbit hole.

100 Years Ago This Month: Historical Events From April 1925

The month of April has been home to many historical events over the years. Here’s a look at some that helped to shape the world in April 1925. •King Yeta III of Barotseland and the Lozi people in what is now Zambia abolishes the corvée on April 1 in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia.

Trinity Valley Community College to Host Annual Spring Art Show

Trinity Valley Community College invites the community to experience the creativity and talent of its students at the Spring Art Show, taking place April 24-30, 2025, in the Learning Resource Center/ Library on the TVCC - Athens Campus.

The Art of Living, Pt. 1

I loathe April 12ths. My malaise sets in around mid-January, the seasonal affective disorder giving way to a full-blown panic as the clock ticks toward the spring. Anniversaries for sad things are hard. There’s nothing sadder than the day one of your children died. I hate this about me. I truly do.

How Would You Proclaim Jesus’ Resurrection?

If Jesus rose from the dead today, how would you announce his resurrection? “I would be screaming,” says Meg, age 9, “‘Jesus is not in the tomb.’ I would be telling everyone in the world. I think everyone would be going crazy over that.