Monthly Archives: October 2017

Sow There!: One year anniversary of a death, on an up note 10/26/2017

Cool-season veggies like kale and spinach are now in the ground following the first rain of the season.Photo by Heather Hacking By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record POSTED: 10/27/17 Twenty-eight pumpkins along the classroom wall are just temporary decorations as 28 third-graders took … Continue reading

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Sow there! Propagating roses from cuttings 10/19/2017

Roses galore at the annual Butte Rose Society’s annual show. Steve Schoonover — Enterprise-Record By Heather Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record Now is the season of “in-between.” We’ve passed the season of miserably hot and have not yet progressed to the season of holiday … Continue reading

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Sow There!: Pumpkin time at Patrick Ranch, and other reasons to visit 10/12/2017

Patrick Ranch in October hosts its annual Autumn Fest where you can tour the grounds, pick a pumpkin and pretend you are back in the 1870s. Photo by Heather Hacking 10/12/2017   The lights in the farm house give life to … Continue reading

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Sow There!: Tips for ripening green tomatoes, 10-6-17

Poppies grew in our school’s raised bed garden last May. Photo by Heather Hacking POSTED: 10/06/17 I love to note the first day of “sweater weather.” The kids in my elementary school class arrived one morning wrapped in outer clothes. I couldn’t … Continue reading

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