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  • Out My Kitchen Window

    Bev Wieler|Jan 23, 2020

    Looking out the kitchen window as the new year erupts into an expected cold January, a striking red cardinal has stopped at the bird bath. Flashes of blue can be seen as a flock of bluejays dart around the feeders grabbing at morsels of feed. The color reminds me that now is the time to study how to make sure I have color in the plants in the garden this summer. As the winter temperatures force me to indoor time, I need to study up on care for my flower garden. Using the correct fertilizers can...

  • Out my kitchen window

    Bev Wieler, Columnist|Dec 12, 2019

    Looking out the kitchen window, the landscape has changed the past couple of weeks. Snow caps the trees and decor, making a wonderful winter photo. Out our window, green swags with red berries and bows on the garden fence are also frosted with snow. Even at night, we have a view out the kitchen window with lights glowing on the swags. Christmas shopping is near completed at our home. If you are still searching for a gift for a gardener, I have a few suggestions. They include subscriptions to...

  • November: Waiting for brighter days

    Bev Wieler, Columnist|Nov 7, 2019

    The fall temperatures have turned cold and the skies are often gray as I look out my kitchen window. Bright bluejays and dark eyed juncos add activity to what is otherwise a dull landscape. I hope, now that November is here, you have your gardens and house tucked in for colder temperatures. That is usually a fulfilling but labor-intensive job, at least it is at our house. When the job is done, l realize that the emptiness of the flower garden is like cleaning a slate to redesign next year's...

  • Out My Kitchen Window

    Bev Wieler, Columnist|Oct 3, 2019

    Looking out my kitchen window I see orange. The orange is moving and it is kittens as mama cat has brought her kittens to the garden to drink out of the bird bath. The kittens play and climb on the orange pumpkins placed among the flower plants. It's pumpkin time out my kitchen window and while I don't welcome cats to my garden, these are adorable. They travel under the peony bushes crouching as they sneak from one area to another waiting to pounce on a sibling kitten. It isn't long before they...

  • Out My Kitchen Window

    Bev Wieler|Sep 5, 2019

    I love sitting outside looking over my garden and am usually wearing a smile. I do have complaints in life and probably the biggest is not enough gardening programs on television or printed articles sharing Nebraska flower gardens. I'm Bev Wieler and my husband and I are nestled in the countryside of rural Nebraska, sharing the hobby of gardening. No matter what season it is we have found ways to splash color in the flower bed situated out our back door and luckily for us, outside our kitchen...

  • Foote plants trail of tranquility in garden

    Erin Schwager, Journalist|Aug 1, 2019

    Many things make a town look attractive, but Loretta Foote of Orchard knows exactly how to catch the eye of other gardeners with her beautiful flowers and shrubs. Foote took an interest in gardening at a very young age. She received a small packet with wildflower seeds as a present when she was four or five, and she fell in love with gardening. The packet of this kit is even placed in Foote's scrapbook. "My grandma and my mom have inspired all of our family," says Foote. Not only does she raise...