Grow Your Own Grapes

Michigan grapes are not just for juice and jam anymore! There’s never been a better time to grow grapes in Michigan, even in the chilly...

Mitten Bar Fits Her Like A Glove

When is a beer not just a beer? When it’s the ideology behind a gathering place for those who enjoy the camaraderie shared over...

Getting The Chills With Jonathan Rand

In “Mayhem on Mackinaw Island,” siblings Sandy and Tim Johnson spend their usual summer on Mackinac Island. But this particular holiday, they find themselves...

Clean Up With Dirty Girl Farm

I was the weirdo with the weird products helping the weirdos,” jokes Heather Rosencrantz, owner of Dirty Girl Farm, a line of all-natural, vegan...

Castle Farms hosts ‘Antiques Roadshow’

For a few summer days in Charlevoix, Castle Farms became something more than a historic landmark. For three days, its stone walls, manicured grounds,...

Shrubs: New Varieties!

Back in the old days, like when cars had “fins,” shrubs were just something you used in the yard to fill-in space. The rather...

Use Your Own Money: How To Start Your Child On An Allowance

A teen magazine caught my daughter’s eye in the store recently. She wanted it, but not enough to spend her allowance. This is exactly...

Mute Swans Are Crowding Other Species

Swans have a special place in art and literature. Youngsters are told about the ugly duckling—a young bird that is ostracized by the others...

Hatching A Plan For The Future

The Jordan River National Fish Hatchery (JRNFH) located in Elmira, Mich., is a Great Lakes Energy Cooperative Member, and is one of the village...

Sunken Treasure: Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

The eerie romance of a shipwreck is something that seems saved for epic adventure novels or blockbuster Hollywood movies. But just off the coast...

Pizza Recipes Due by June 1

Share your favorite “Pizza” recipe with us by June 1 and you could win a $100.00 credit on your electric bill. Plus, there’s more! To...