Many sedges flower, set seeds in early summer By Bev Johnson Master Gardener If you like ornamental grasses, you will most probably like sedges. Unlike grasses that don’t flower until late in the season, many sedges flower and set seeds in May and June. This gives the gardener some early season interest in the garden. The proper… Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Do you have a house plant big enough to have its own gravitational field? Or a spaghetti look -alike, long and thin? A plant that looks like it must have a landing field because of all the flies zipping around it? Maybe you have one that looks like the Easter bunny,… Read More

To the Editor, We think winter is finally leaving and what a winter it has been. Too much snow, wind, drifting and freezing cold. This has been one of the worst winters we have seen and it certainly has kept everyone busy with shoveling, plowing and blowing.  We live on State Highway 29 and we want to give… Read More

Library Happenings Henning School With spring comes the calving season for many farms and ranches.  Growing up we always had near 100 cow/calf pairs on our various farms.   Right after my graduation, one of my brothers and I lived on one of the farms that had a beautiful creek running through it.  It had a… Read More

Henning Happenings Chad Koenen Are you a past alumni of Henning School and recently received an award? Did you recently retire from your job and want to reconnect with past classmates from Henning School? Or has your child recently been promoted at work and want to share the news with people in the community?  Each year… Read More

The Prairie Spy Alan “Lindy” Linda The list of personalities that come to mind as time goes by is pretty entertaining. Take Jim, back when we were both seniors in high school and he did what none of us had the guts to do: sold his FFA livestock project and bought a new Pontiac, a 1962 Catalina. “What’ll Big… Read More

Ask A Trooper Sgt. Jesse Grabow Question: With the warmer weather and snow melting I’m getting spring fever and purchased an old trailer to haul my motorcycle around, are brakes required on it? Answer:  Brakes are required on all trailers with a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or more. Trailers manufactured after June 30, 1988, with a gross… Read More

To the Editor, Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is pure evil because he is pure evil. Pure evil is that which will intentionally harm or destroy innocence. People should be able to trust their leaders. But if leaders give people reason not to trust them, then people need to take a stand and do what is… Read More

To the Editor, As a renter of Countryview Apartments (owned by the City of Henning) in reading the eight page lease, the city has a pretty strict lease. Except there is no requirement that the renters live in the apartments. In other words you could go to Florida in the winter and that would be OK…. Read More

By Bev Johnson Master Gardener Many of the plants you brought in to save for next year have gotten a bit lanky. They need to be cut down and allowed to bush out before they go outside in the spring. This leaves you with plant parts. Why not use them to multiply your original plants. After… Read More