With spring and summer growing season starting, many of us are turning soil already, watering seedlings and plotting our growing space. Whether growing our own food as a new endeavor […]
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Why do we get burned?
Since I am an amazing child, I make tea for my parents every day. One day, I was talking to my little brother while I was pouring the tea in […]
Getting Garden Ready
By ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPost.com While you can buy plenty of equipment for seed starting — heat mats, grow lights, a variety of pots, etc. — you can also easily do it […]
Another look at non-native plant species
Over the last few weeks I’ve thought a lot about the issue of non-native plants, and the column I wrote on it two weeks ago. First, I would […]
From Sap to Syrup
By ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPost.com As the days warm up, maple sap flows through trunks and limbs of still dormant trees, bringing sugar from the roots to the branches. If you have […]
COLUMN: Never assume with college football transfers
COMMENTARY Dreshun Miller started nine of 10 games for WVU this season at cornerback — the only game he missed was the Mountaineers’ Liberty Bowl win over Army. He was […]
Seeds really are amazing things
I’m going on the record as saying seeds are amazing. These often tiny little things have such potential, such power. Take for example the milkweed plant seed. Small, brown, and […]
How does the stock market work?
Recently, Reddit made national news. A group of Redditors got together and decided they would buy stocks from GameStop, a company that sells things related to video games. The stock […]
Prepare for Takeoff
BY ALDONA BIRD Newsroom@DominionPostWV With the exciting success of NASA’s rover Perseverance landing on Mars this past week, this is the perfect time to engage (with or without kids) in some […]
COLUMN: A way-too-early look at the 2021 WVU football schedule
The annual release of the WVU football season during the cold, winter months forces one to long for the warm (sometimes hot) tailgates outside of Milan Puskar Stadium in late […]
