Despite recent scorching temperatures hovering at and above 100 degrees, baseball teams of all ages were able to compete and enjoy the 2022 “Life’s Short, Play Hard” baseball tournament at Pratt’s Green Sports Complex, bringing hundreds to the community this past weekend.
In an effort to create more community transparency into the work done on a regular basis by the City of Pratt Police Department, Pratt City Police Chief Nate Humble and staff have begun released weekly synopsis’ of service.
Implementing new conservation practices has many benefits for farms and ranches, but can sometimes be cost prohibitive for beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged producers. However, there are conservation programs that can help with those costs, even upfront.
An excess of moisture in the ground continued to delay fieldwork in many locations. Sunflower planting has started all over the United States but is behind last year and the five-year average pace in most states.
The Pratt County Fair Association, along with the Extension Agriculture Program Development Committee, are conducting the county-wide Market Wheat Show at the 2022 Pratt County Fair. Producer participation in this event is voluntary and free.
“THE WORLD IS NOT FAIR, AND OFTEN FOOLS, COWARDS, LIARS, AND THE SELFISH HIDE IN HIGH PLACES.” Bryant H. McGill Would ya’all just make up your minds? When the Demoncrats have a convention they boo God and go forth to support all sorts of debauchery, misdemeanors, and felonies.
Let’s go back to Wichita in the early 1980s. While I lived 110 miles away in Alva, Oklahoma, Wichita was the closest metropolitan area and thus had its allure for a teenager from the sticks.
In case you didn’t know, all commercial drivers are required by law to use hand’s free calling devices. In other words, we can not hold the phone up to our ears without being subject to a thousand dollar fine.
I was so excited to see an article in our newspaper from the K-State entomologist about praying mantids. Those of you who follow my blog know that I am fascinated by them. The article described how to ensure a garden has a few praying mantid guardians by carefully removing a discovered egg case and putting it in a glass jar with a lid that has at least 10 small air holes. The instructions said to keep the egg case in the house with warm temperatures and wait 4-6 weeks for eggs to hatch. The instructions included the alternative of keeping the jar in the refrigerator to delay hatching and then removing it when you want it to hatch, which will take one or two months after removing it from the refrigerator.
I used to read a lot. When I was a child, my parents both worked a lot and my older sister thought I was a pest so my choices of what to do were play outside (which I did, a lot) or read.