Archive for March, 2009

People often remark that to be an effective writer, one must like to read and take the time to read. I concur. Some of my friends are voracious readers and often I feel out of the loop as their latest reads are still on my “want to” list. Or I’m not familiar with...
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All City Council and Committee meetings are held in City Hall and the public is encouraged to attend.  The City of West Peoria hosted a well attended meeting of the Central Illinois Municipal Clerks on February 11th at Sky Harbor Steakhouse  The City Clerk says, “Don’t forget to exercise your right...
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I have had a very lazy month, and realize that I can not use my knee replacement surgery as an excuse for not getting on with my life. It was so easy to get up each morning, stay in my pajamas, read the paper and just take it easy. I...
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I well remember the day when a Sears Roebuck truck backed all the way up our driveway and stopped right by the kitchen door. They were delivering our first “electric icebox.” Only the day before, my father and our neighbor Mr. William Paulauski labored without the aid of a handcart...
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An efficient garden is a productive garden. That’s why you may want to consider several techniques and shortcuts that can make a garden more efficient—selecting the best adapted crops and varieties, intercropping, making successive plantings, mulching, trellising and planting with a plan, states David Robson, University of Illinois Extension...
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by John Becker In our small greenhouse that is the birthplace for the majority of our vegetables and flowers, there is an old weathered sign that was passed down to my wife from her mother’s garden. It reads, “Those who plant a seed beneath the sod and waits to see, believes in God.” Whatever your...
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