Thursday, April 3, 2025
Births
The following births were recently reported by at New Eden Care Center: March 26, 2025 Grace Isabelle was born to Sara (Yoder) and Joel Hostetter of Shipshewana. March 29, 2025: Karl Dean was born to Rose (Yoder) and Glen Fry...
Calendar
Wednesday, April 2 American Legion Trivia Night 6 pm, and Burger bar. Friday, April 4 American Legion Chicken Buffet 5-7p, followed by karaoke 7-10pm. Monday, April 7, LaGrange County Commissioner Meeting, 8:30 a.m., LaGrange County Office Building. Friday, April 11...
Haystack supper Concert & Auction
Gospel Echoes Team Prison Ministry 37th Annual Benefit Auction April 11, Saturday, April 12, 2025 Elkhart County Fairgrounds 17746D County Rd. 34 - Goshen, IN 46528 Public Welcome - Bring the Whole Family Saturday, April 12, 7:00 AM, kicks off...
Gardening and My Grandma
We built our house in the middle of a rock garden. We didn’t know that, of course, when we put the plow to the soil with the intention of marking the boundaries for our first garden at the new place....
Crabgrass/Mole Top Lawn Questions in March
Crabgrass is an annual weed that sprouts in the spring when the soil begins to warm and there is moisture. Crabgrass is often a problem where the grass is thin, mowed too low, under fertilized, or along sidewalks and driveways...
Who Needs Luck When You Have Unique Abilities?
We never know how todress during March in northern Indiana. Will it be warm or cold? Will it be snowing, raining, or will there be sunshine? One thing we know is to expect the unexpected. March also brings to mind...
Plan for Aquatic Weed Control Now!
If you have concerns about aquatic weeds in your pond or lake or along a shoreline during the summer, now is the time to be planning your management strategy for 2025. Why now? First, aquatic weed growth is very temperature...
The Springtime Itch
“Moooooommm…how many days until spring break??” My son has asked me that question on more than one occasion in the past week. He is an active second grader ready to break free from his school routine for a bit of...
Does Nature Have Rights?
One of our local library’s book clubs is “Let’s Talk About It.” It is a theme-based book club with a different topic for fall and spring. This spring our topic is trees. We’re reading two fiction and two non-fiction books,...