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Riddle: What’s the difference between a bicycle rider and a beekeeper?

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HINT:     Look at their socks! -Frank Linton

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September Letter from the South

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While this letter is being written at home in Alabama, it could be titled “Letter from Colorado”. Mary and I spent August in Durango, Colorado, and not entirely by choice. Mary broke her leg there at the end of July, Read More …

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Thank You

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To the many members who helped at the Montgomery County Fair. I could not get over the number of our members who made this event successful. I want to especially thank Jim Fraser and his sons for the tireless work Read More …

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Photo: Steve Dubik

September Honey Bee Power Plant – Stonecrop

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Stonecrop – Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ (Hylotelephium ‘Herbstfreude’)Autumn Joy Stonecrop is one tough cookie, thriving in average to dry, sandy to gravelly soils in full sun to part shade. Growth will be floppy in too rich soils or too shady situations. Read More …

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