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Dealing with Deer
When I began gardening on my own over a decade ago, I never imagined that my greatest difficulty in achieving a harvest would be the herds of beautiful white-tailed deer that rambled through our farm…
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, May 2025
Chicken Breast Deluxe… Stuffed Mushrooms… Tiger Bread… Apple Cinnamon Jelly
Eastern Hydra and Corvus
The eastern part of Hydra doesn’t hold quite as many outstanding deep-sky targets as the western half of the constellation, but there are several objects here that are worth taking the time to find…
Favorite Focus, May 2025
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In Search of Ducks!
After some awkward minutes trying to figure out flippers—how to secure them to wading boots, walk with them, and maneuver them through the tiny leg openings in “the boat”—I was back in the water. A few feet from shore my feet could no longer touch the bottom. I was off…or was I?
Western Hydra
Hydra holds a diverse array of telescopic targets. The constellation contains several beautiful double stars, as well as a fairly bright planetary nebula, a globular star cluster, a bright open star cluster, and a fine barred spiral galaxy…
Favorite Focus, April 2025
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Camp & Cabin Cookin’, April 2025
Breakfast Casserole Bake… Delicious Tomato Soup… Ten-Minute Breadsticks… Homemade Punch
Study Guide Puzzles, April 2025
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Where My Macro Photography Setup Met With Snowflakes—Part 2
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Kevin Shank. No sooner had the February magazine gone to the printer than we had snow again, probably that very night. One of my goals after last...
Study Guide Puzzles, March 2025
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Luscious Lettuce
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Photo © Distinctivedesign/Dreamstime.com. I toss a mass of succulent green leaves onto a cutting board, lift a sturdy chef’s knife, and chop those leaves...
Camp & Cabin Cookin’, March 2025
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Marinade for Beef Roast —Submitted by Rachel Burkholder, Lowville, NY 3 lb beef roast 2 c water ½ c vinegar 1 T salt ½ T garlic powder ½ T onion powder 2...
Puppis
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive By the time March comes around in the Northern Hemisphere, Leo is high in the east and Arcturus is rising around dark—both sure signs that spring is...