Special Columns

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  Roamin’ the Range

  May 22, 2018 0

  Libby James ljames@northfortynews.com Lover of junk? Into antique décor? Setting up a new home on a shoestring? A browser at heart, happiest in the middle of a sea of collectibles? Then be thankful that you [...]

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  Gearhead Diary: Spudgers and other special tools

  May 14, 2018 0

  Matt Bartmann mbartmann@northfortynews.com A couple of years ago, I set out on a journey of new-to-me repairs. Very intimidating repairs. Replacing the keyboard and trackpad on a Macbook Pro, Sally’s laptop computer. A fine computer [...]

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  Gaia Grows: Secrets of Sustainable Soil

  May 13, 2018 1

  Sustainable living, gardening, and farming is based on an understanding of ecosystems, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment. It has been defined as an integrated system of plant and animal production practices [...]

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  NATURE RAMBLINGS: Noises in the dark

  May 12, 2018 0

  Sally Roth sroth@northfortynews.com I used to think I knew robins. Doesn’t everybody? Beloved sign of spring, hop about on our lawns, eat worms, raise babies right in our yards or even in the wreath on [...]

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  Red Feather Lakes Community Library serves as a conduit of information

  May 10, 2018 0

  Creed Kidd Red Feather Lakes Community Library Those living in the area during the 2012 High Park Fire and the flooding the following year likely remember the difficulties and sacrifices of those times and the [...]

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  Managing the Poudre River

  May 6, 2018 1

  R. Gary Raham graham@northfortynews.com In 1869, Alfred Augustus Edwards and other men originally from Mercer County, Pennsylvania, decided to farm near the Poudre River. They founded a short-lived Mercer Colony on land now owned by [...]

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  Living in a Wildfire Prone Landscape

  May 4, 2018 0

  Weston Toll The Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed It has been six years since the summer of 2012 when wildfires swept across almost 90,000 acres of the Poudre watershed. In those six years, we [...]

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  Gearhead Diary: Budgeting for spring projects

  April 17, 2018 0

  Matt Bartmann mbartmann@northfortynews.com “SEEDS SEEDS PLANTS PLANTS!” is how the email from my wife, Sally, began. Yes, she sits in the chair next to me, but many of our conversations are still by email. This [...]

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  Gaia Grows: Sustainable Spuds of the West

  April 14, 2018 0

  Kathleen Miller, Gaia Grows, Gaia’s Farm & Gardens Sustainable Living, Gardening & Farming in Northern Colorado Sustainable living, gardening and farming is based on an understanding of ecosystems, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment. [...]