For me, salvia (sage) checks all the boxes as a nearly perfect flower garden plant. They are easy to grow, drought tolerant once established, available in a range of colors and sizes, great in containers or beds, and finally, pollinator magnets. As a genus that boasts more than 1,000 ...

If you’ve ever watched the “Andy Griffith Show,” you can probably recall the opening scene depicting Andy and Opie strolling down to the pond, fishing poles in hand. Over the years, that pond provided enjoyment and lasting memories for Andy, Opie and their loyal viewers. You can likely ...

Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact: • OSU Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield. 330-533-5538. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • ...

DEAR ANNIE: My husband and I have lived in our modest home for many years in a quiet, beautiful neighborhood where the houses have always felt gracious and in scale with one another. We are not extravagant people, and our little house has never been the biggest or fanciest on the block, but it ...

DEAR HELOISE: I also miss the paper version of the news, but after getting the e-edition for a while, I find that the one big advantage of it is the ability to zoom in for larger print and to print out crossword puzzles. And I can also go back to older issues and revisit a topic. I enjoy your ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband suffered a grand mal seizure about six months ago. He was in the hospital for seven days. When he came out of the seizure, he was very combative and experienced memory loss. He still deals with short-term memory loss, and his neurologist says that it could take a year ...