Gardeners going small
Messenger photo by Sandy Mickelson
Sela Bryhne works with the perennial miscanthus sinensis, commonly called “Little Zebra,” a grass that develops seeds in late summer. It grows just half the size of regular grasses, from 36 to 42 inches as opposed to 5 to 8 feet.
Once the itch of planting flowers crawls onto a gardener’s fingers, it’s almost impossible to ignore, and it doesn’t matter how much or how little area is available for planting.
Planting carries a double whammy for gardeners looking ahead at flower shows, especially if they plan to get into petite and miniature design.
Petite designs can be no larger than 5 inches, while miniature designs can go to a full 8 inches high, said veteran designer Joyce Gordon, of Fort Dodge, who has a mass of awards in those two categories.
FD City Council nixes cable fee hike
May 20, 2008If cable TV bills in Fort Dodge go up anytime soon, it won’t be because of something the city government did.
That’s because the council unexpectedly killed an increase in the franchise fee, a local levy added to cable bills.
FD council hires engineering firm for corridor work
May 20, 2008An engineering firm has been hired by the Fort Dodge City Council to begin turning the ideas of a corridor master plan into reality.
But just how much work that firm should do sparked a lengthy debate Monday evening.
FD council OKs demolitions
May 20, 2008
Fort Dodge officials moved Monday night to knock down a vacant, trash-filled house in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood that’s been deemed a threat to public health.
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Too many tabbiesFri, May 2, 2008 @ 2:51PM We have three cats. I didn’t intend for this to happen. First, we have Comet. We got her almost six years ago, when a co-worker moved away and didn’t have room in her new house. Comet is like an elderly aunt - set in her ways, but sometimes surprisely frisky. Mostly, she likes to be petted when SHE wants, and be left alone by other cats. Then we have Buster. Or, as we call him, Boo-Boo. Yes, I talk baby-talk to him. We got Boo-Boo one year ago when a friend told me she had kittens living in her garage that she hoped she could find homes for. Boo-Boo was not what Comet wanted - a boy kitten, frisky and active. She mostly tolerated him, and he grew up to be a general annoyance to her. Now we have Rocky. I found him at Wal-Mart last week. I went for sodas and brought back a cat. He’s a loving kitty, and the other cats are used to him, but all our cats are tabbies and it’s confusing.
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Not SatisfiedThu, May 15, 2008 @ 5:13PM It's been awhile since the last time and I apologize for that. A lot of things have been going on since then and one of them was the US Nationals. I wanna share some of my thoughts from that tournament and give you an idea of what it was like. First I want to address a question that was brought up recently by someone that could just ask me in person but aparantly he wants me to share it with you as well, which is great. The topic of boycott. First of all from what I understand there has been no talk of boycotting the Olympics. The talk was that some are going to boycott the opening ceremonies. In this day and age there is no way in my opinion that the US would ever boycott an Olympic Games, the reason is money. With all of the big corporate sponsors donating and getting their name out there during the games for millions and millions of dollars there is no way we would not go in my mind. As far as the opening ceremonies, I would not want to miss that for anything.
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