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Felder’s PollinatorsColumns
Just what we need - another invasive new type of hornet spotted in Georgia. As if we don’t have enough grabbing bits of barbeque ribs out of our hands this time of year. So far, this one, like the “murder hornet’...
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Felder’s Garden TipsColumns
What is the most bottom-line advice for reducing garden chores and helping our beloved gardens survive bad weather, bugs and blights? Over the past forty-plus years of writing weekly gardening columns, my overarching...
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Homemade Desserts Are a Dying Art; Here Are a Few RelicsColumns
Receiving emails from readers asking for restaurant recommendations is a regular occurrence. Requests with questions like, “What are the best seafood restaurants on the Gulf Coast,” or “While visiting the Jackson...
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Felder’s WildflowersColumns
Gonna join some other garden trend-watchers on a limb here, about a compromise between once-competing garden designs. Fashionistas and naturalists are learning to get along. I see it while horti-surfing through botanic...
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Armchair Ponderings Could this be a winning ticket?Columns Political
The closer we come to election primaries the more in doubt will the candidates be. I watched some of the Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s excoriation by most of his party members as they attempted to eliminate him from a...
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Felder’s Summer GardeningColumns Editorial
When it comes to plowing through adverse gardening conditions, of which Mississippi has its share, it’s never too late to try, try again. I have some easy tips for getting more out of right now, without hurting...
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Create a “To Do” List, One Mississippi Attraction at a TimeColumns
Last week I was perusing one of the few remaining bookstores (don’t get me started on the impracticality of ordering books online without at least holding it in my hands, thumbing through a few pages and deciding for...
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Silver Linings Come in All Forms, Including Treasured RecipesColumns Editorial
It’s summer, which in the south means one thing: it’s hot. Very hot. Even so, last week I was excited to find an easy way to make one of my favorite dishes, vegetable beef soup/stew. Yes, soup can be enjoyed in the...
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Felder’s Mississippi BerryColumns
It’s official! As of this month, the blueberry is our official state fruit, taking its place beside the magnolia tree and flower, swallowtail butterfly, coreopsis wildflower, honeybee, and teddy bear as state symbols....
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Terry’s Creek NewsColumns News
At the beginning of our worship service last Sunday, baptism service was held for Jordyn Cooper who had made a profession of faith last week. Pray for Jordyn. During the morning service, a patriotic service was held....
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Here’s What I’m Loving in Summer ‘23Columns
It’s hard to believe, but half of 2023 has slipped away. The halfway point is a good time to reflect on the food and travel-related items are on my favorites list. So, without further ado… Here’s what I’m...
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Felder’s Old-Fashioned FlowersColumns
What went around is coming back around; multi-season old-garden plants are fashionable again. Decades ago, I started noticing that most new Mississippi landscapes were populated by a relatively small number of easily...
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Felder’s Tool ShedColumns
It takes steely determination and a hardened heart to declutter what took years to accumulate. It’s hard physically, mentally, and emotionally. Not to sound morbid, because I’m fit as a fiddle and in a good place...
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Terry’s Creek NewsColumns News
After a night of bad weather last Saturday night into Sunday, we were without electricity in some places, and it just happened our Church did not have electricity. We met at usual time and decided we would just go into...
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Armchair Ponderings Flag DayColumns Editorial
The country celebrates several patriotic National Holidays, with more or less, pomp and circumstance. One the less recognized holidays by Congress is Flag Day. Flag day celebrates the adoption of the flag of the United...
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Felder's Sumac PlantColumns
One of my favorite native plants for the landscape is seriously overlooked by MS gardeners partly because it is so ubiquitous in the countryside, and spreads a bit. Yet it is widely used in all the finest English and...
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Terry’s Creek NewsColumns News
Praise Team opened our worship service with beautiful song and music. Our guest pianist was Jeanette Hall in the absence of our pianist and organist. We appreciate you Jeanette for blessing us with the music you...
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Armchair Ponderings Remembrance poppiesColumns Editorial
This week I procrastinated a bit too long for my weekly column. Then yesterday was trumped (no pun intended) by a three hour sitting in a medical lab followed by an almost two hour waiting room session in the...
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Felder’s Gardening MythsColumns
Gardeners gonna do what gardeners gonna do. And I’m not here to try stopping anyone from following their own hopeful bliss, however they choose. But there is a lot of garden misinformation floating around, once spread...
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Armchair Ponderings Memorial Day and Veteran’s DayColumns
One directive to my children was “never let a day pass without learning at least one new thing.” It is still applicable today in a letter of graduation to my great granddaughter this week. We all know that next...
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Terry’s Creek NewsColumns Editorial
Chris Myers was in charge of the Percy Quin Park ministry last Sunday morning with other deacons and men attending to help with the service. They reported a very good service. Will be another group to bring the message...
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Felder’s FungicidesColumns
What does my neighbor’s pear tree have in common with my nose? Both could have used a little preemptive defense from predictable ailments that aren’t easy to fix. For the first, I’m seeing pears with burnt-looking...
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Armchair Ponderings The migrant conundrumColumns Editorial
Title 42 ended on May 11, 2023. Dire consequences were anticipated with the unrestricted influx of humans looking for a better life for their families. I know why people are paying exorbitant prices to be either dumped...
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Terry’s Creek NewsColumns News
Call to worship was by the Praise Team and Choir as they led us in beautiful music. Then the children’s story time was by Bud Spencer. This is a highlight that the children really look forward to each Sunday morning...
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