City landfill offers compost to boost your soil

By Cindy Card Buchholz Journal correspondent

If a green, lush garden or lawn is what you desire, look no farther than the Rapid City Landfill. The landfill makes its own compost available to the public.

Nov 05, 2009 | 7:30 am | (0) Comments

FROM THE GREENHOUSE: ‘Grower’s block’ in garden overcome

By Paula Christensen

Wahoo! I got my mojo back and kicked my grower's block to the compost pile.

Nov 05, 2009 | 7:15 am | (0) Comments

Don’t rely on memory to be accurate as research

By Cathie Draine

Speaking of gardens, who of us has not asked, "Can you ever remember a year so hot/cool/ wet/dry as this?"

Nov 05, 2009 | 7:00 am | (0) Comments

Tour of decked-out houses returns

Cindy Card Buchholz Journal correspondent

There's no place like home for the holidays - even when it's somebody else's home.

Oct 29, 2009 | 7:00 am | (0) Comments

DRAINE: Composting with worms helps plants stay healthy

Cathie Draine

"Worms of the world, arise," I thought with some glee as I read a multitude of research reports on vermicomposting.

Oct 29, 2009 | 7:00 am | (0) Comments

Neighbors’ yards full of ghoulish fun

T.J. Tranchell Journal correspondent

"We don't get very many trick-or-treaters," homeowner Tawnya Broyles said. "We do have a lot of people who stop nearby and walk up to have a look."

Oct 28, 2009 | 4:45 pm | (0) Comments

The hidden costs of being disorganized

Deanna Darr Journal staff

Staying organized helps stop you from buying things you already have

Oct 22, 2009 | 7:00 am | (0) Comments

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Cathie Draine: Fight back against entropy by living green

I was a little surprised when a friend leaned over his cup of tea and inquired earnestly, "Cathie, how green are you?"

Mar 21, 2007 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Porches: Feature still a hit with homeowners

Lynn Taylor Rick, Journal Staff Writer

RAPID CITY - Sherry Kleinschmidt always wanted a big front porch.

Sep 06, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Draine: Water, water everywhere … and hardly a drop to drink

Cathie Draine, Special to the Journal

Earth, seen from space, is the romantically beautiful, blue-water planet.

Sep 06, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Drought gardening

Cathie Draine, Special to the Journal

Much valid concern has been voiced from homeowners and gardeners about access to a positive and educated response to our drought. In that concern, I think there is an eagerness to develop new understandings, attitudes and behaviors. Anyone who has tried to change a habit or an attitude kn…

Aug 30, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

From dorm room to home room

Deb Holland, Journal Staff Writer

When it comes to decorating a dorm room, many college freshmen think they have to take everything but the kitchen sink from home.

Aug 20, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Flour mill now a restored lodge

Mary Garrigan, Journal Staff Writer

BEULAH, Wyo. - Ask Gregg Forsberg why he spent a small fortune and expended enormous effort restoring a dilapidated flour mill into a modern resort lodge, and he answers with a question of his own.

Aug 09, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Flower show brought back to life

Cathie Draine, Special to the Journal

It's fun. It's pretty. It's old-fashioned. It's colorful. It's free, and everyone is invited to participate. It is the Alice Smith Flower Show sponsored by the Evergreen Garden Club this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club Auditorium in Hill City.

Jul 26, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Hens & chicks: Sedum proves to be prolific, mysterious

Cathie Draine, Special to the Journal

Say the word "sedum" and most folks nod brightly and say, "Oh yes, hens and chicks."

Jul 12, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Daisy and friends truly complex beauties

Maureen Gilmer, DIY Network

Consider the daisies.

Jun 28, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Cathie Draine: Wild child penstemon abundant, breathtaking

It takes only a single shell-leaf penstemon plant putting up a spike loaded with buds in late May to remind me that I think the members of the penstemon tribe that fill out meadows and roadsides are beautiful beyond measure. Two or three weeks later, when a half-dozen different varieties …

Jun 14, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Beat the heat on a tour of cool kitchens

Deb Holland, Journal staff writer

RAPID CITY - Julie Smoragiewicz spent nearly two years trying to define her perfect kitchen.

Jun 07, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments

Cathie Draine: Survive hail with a wise, hopeful garden plan

Gardeners have access to an abundance of four-letter words: soil, grow, rain, tool, seed and more. But only one is so darkly pejorative, so destructive, so almost evil as to be either whispered reluctantly or repeated tearfully and sadly. And that is hail - the cold, windy atmospheric mom…

Jun 07, 2006 | 11:00 pm | (0) Comments