It has been one funky summer weatherwise. The East coast appears to be having one of the wettest and coolest summers on record. In speaking with some colleagues in England, they’ve had non-stop rain for the past 30 days with absolutely little to no sun. Mediterranean countries are experiencing hot and dry summers. Even in Israel, it is considered to be excessively hot and, as usual, with no rain in sight until late fall. What has made the situation more dire than ever here this summer is th
ROCKWOOD, PennsylvaniaFour generations of Saylors have worked the family’s dairy farm for nearly a century, but for the past three years, the cows have been doing something besides providing milk: They’ve been helping power the place. “The farm used to get a lot of complaints,” says farmer Shawn Saylor. “It used to stink a lot.” Growing up on the sprawling spread 90 minutes from Pittsburgh, 36-year-old farmer Shawn Saylor developed into a self-described science buff. So it was no surprise that,
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Daniel Patrick Boyd’s older brother defends against government accusations. Accusations that a North Carolina man recruited and trained would-be terrorists to wage violent jihad are “pure poppycock,” his older brother said Thursday, portraying the charges as an attempt to link Islam to terrorism. Robert Boyd spoke to The Associated Press from his home in Minnesota and called the situation Daniel Boyd faces “ludicrous.” He described his younger brother as an “upstanding young man.” …. Ro
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The weather has cooled down considerably here in Seattle and everyone feels that things are back to normal. A little rain would be appreciated – yes we do have days and in this case months without rain in the Pacific NW. The garden is flourishing but definitely crying out for a good soaking. However as most of the vegetables don’t like the heat any more than Seattlites do there will be few squash or beans to harvest over the next few days. Probably just as well with me getting ready to head
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