Since the age of ten, when I wasn’t busy being a student, a sailor, a…
Home and Garden
Join the Sierra Club of Southeast Iowa and the Fairfield Farmers Market for a month-long…
I am Alice, and Wonderland is my garden—a rabbit hole of planting, digging, weeding, feeding,…
When Southeast Iowa native Mary Essary Hoyer moved back to her home state a few…
This upside-down year, for many, was a call to step back and take stock. As…
I’ve spent my adulthood escaping romantic entanglements. That’s how I always feel: tangled up, like…
If you go back to the 1950s, almost all speakers were big. Very big! If…
Each spring, about a week after I finish planting my flowerbeds and boxes, and everyone…
The prime reason that most people invest in a good sound system today is for…
My mother’s favorite flowerbed at her east gate, the cornerstone of her garden really, is…
In 1994, John Loin of Partner Construction, LLC, noticed a need for quality affordable housing…
When I originally agreed to write for the Home & Garden issue planned for April,…
I’ve been caaaasually shopping for houses, and I’m amused at what some folks call “freshly…
Our yard is one-third vertical. The wooded bluff behind our house—from which the limestone foundation…
Des Moines is the home of a treasure trove of vintage finds tucked away in…